Hardhat and Legs

• Director: Lee Philips
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Main Cast: Ruth Gordon
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

Made for television and initially telecast February 9, 1980, Hardhat and Legs is a new-fashioned romance from the old-fashioned writing team of Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. The "hardhat" is pugnacious construction worker Kevin Dobson. The "legs" is Sharon Gless, a high-class NY divorcee who responds to Dobson's wolf-whistle in a most unusual way. Once they get to know one another, Kevin and Sharon help to straighten out each other's problems: his battle with bookies, her custody bout with her ex-husband. Though the film's characters are neatly divided into "good" and "bad", the Hardhat and Legs is set in a user-friendly New York, the like of which hasn't been seen much since the films of the 1930s and 1940s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jacqueline Brookes; Sharon Gless; Elva Josephson; Ray Liotta; W.T. Martin; Ray Serra; Bobby Short; Kevin Dobson; Ruth Gordon

Credit

Lee Philips - Director, Brad Fiedel - Composer (Music Score), Patrizia Von Brandenstein - Production Designer, Ruth Gordon - Screenwriter, Garson Kanin - Screenwriter