Hard, Fast and Beautiful is a 1951 American drama film directed by Ida Lupino and starring Claire Trevor.

It is loosely based on the 1930 novel American Girl by sports-fiction author John R. Tunis, which was an unflattering and thinly veiled fictionalization of the life of the tennis star Helen Wills Moody.

Her prowess at the game causes J.R. Carpenter, the country club's manager, to offer Florence a membership there, plus a trip to Philadelphia to compete for the national junior championship.

She flirts with Florence's new coach Fletcher Locke and accepts money and gifts, which could endanger her daughter's amateur status.

Florence wins the Wimbledon women's singles title, then abruptly quits the game, announcing her impending marriage to Gordon and leaving her mother a forlorn figure on the sideline.

'"[2] Film Bulletin wrote: "Hard Fast and Beautiful is a modest, unpretentious endeavor from Filmakers ... Like the previous attractions in this outfit’s short history ('Not Wanted' and 'Outrage') this one is designed to get over the hump by means of special exploitation.

The tennis scenes pack more excitement than one might expect...The finish is rather lame, the girl champion’s belated awakening to the unscrupulous deals put over by her mother being not especially convincing.

[10] According to a May 30, 1951 Variety article: "Despite big bally plus personals by Jane Greer, Robert Ryan, William Bendix, Pat O’Brien, Tony Martin and Harry Crocker, among others Hard, Fast and Beautiful is failing to keep up to opening day pace at Golden Gate.