Hard Guy

Hard Guy is a 1941 American film directed by Elmer Clifton.

The film is also known as Professional Bride in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Vic Monroe is the proprietor of the Tropical Inn nightclub. He also runs a special racket involving the women working for him at the club. The female employees catch eligible bacjelors, marry them and then gets the marriage annulled immediately, making quite a profit from the settlement.

Monroe's now plans to marry off one of his dancers, Doris Starr, who is still oblivious about the annulment racket going on behind her back. Monroe has his sights on "the catch of the season", Anthony Tremaine, Jr., and Monroe's task is to get the two to meet so that they fall into each other's arms.

Monroe is the mastermind of the annulment racket and his latest scheme is to marry dancer Doris Starr, who is ignorant of the shakedown racket, to "catch of the season" Anthony Tremaine, Jr.

Monroe manages to pull it off and the two love birds are hastily married without their respective families' knowledge. Monroe then sees to it that the story ends up in the papers, to alert the wealthy former bachelor of his recent romantic endeavours. Soon Tony's father surfaces, surprising the couple on their honeymoon, loudly threatening to disinherit his son if he doesn't end the marriage immediately.