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      Hard, Fast and Beautiful

      1951 1h 19m Drama List
      Reviews 42% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Average California teenager Florence Farley (Sally Forrest) accepts an invitation to an exclusive country club from handsome Gordon McKay (Robert Clarke). When Florence's skill as a tennis player begins to attract attention, her manipulative mother, Milly (Claire Trevor), pressures her to join the competitive tennis circuit for women despite the misgivings of her more unassuming husband, Will (Kenneth Patterson). As Florence's fame grows, so does her mother's ambition and chicanery. Read More Read Less

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      Bob Thomas Associated Press Although made with a small budget, the film carries as much interest as more pretentious efforts. Dramatic values are skillfully presented by director Ida Lupino. Jul 30, 2019 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker The drama spotlights the price that love, in a time of unquestioned inequities, exacts. Jan 1, 2018 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews ... trite and predictable. Rated: C+ Sep 1, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D The tennis is great the rest... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/23/23 Full Review Audience Member lupino directs and still kicks ass Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Ida Lupino directed movies were always tightly paced affairs and this one is no different. It moves with great economy through it's simple story of a woman's dreams for herself and her daughter and there corruption by avarice. She was fortunate to have the always excellent Claire Trevor in the lead, she is superior, the rest of the cast is merely adequate. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A tight, trim piece of filmmaking from Ida Lupino, who stages one of the coolest mounted-on-the-back-of-the-car shots I've ever seen in a flick from the 50's. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Average California teenager Florence Farley (Sally Forrest) accepts an invitation to an exclusive country club from handsome Gordon McKay (Robert Clarke). When Florence's skill as a tennis player begins to attract attention, her manipulative mother, Milly (Claire Trevor), pressures her to join the competitive tennis circuit for women despite the misgivings of her more unassuming husband, Will (Kenneth Patterson). As Florence's fame grows, so does her mother's ambition and chicanery.
      Director
      Ida Lupino
      Production Co
      The Filmakers Group
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Dec 1, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 19m