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Welcome to Hard Times

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Wild West outpost Hard Times comes under attack by the Man From Bodie (Aldo Ray), a villain who conducts a one-man rape, murder and arson campaign that leaves few survivors. One of the stranger's victims, saloon dancer Molly (Janice Rule), blames pacifistic mayor Will Blue (Henry Fonda) for not stopping the rampage. Fearful the man may come back, she teaches adolescent orphan Jimmy Fee (Michael Shea) how to shoot a gun. When the stranger does return, the survivors must band together to stop him.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Bleak symbolic western. Rated: C- Oct 6, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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John L It was very entertaining with tons of great character actors and Henry Fonda and his female lead! Aldo Ray was really great as well!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/25/23 Full Review Gary C A faithful and realistic film adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's excellent novel. Standout performances by Aldo Ray, Henry Fonda, Warren Oates and Janice Rule, Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/25/23 Full Review StephenPaul C The greatest 1.75 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yee-haw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review delysid d this is a great western but folks just dont appreciate them anymore Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/20 Full Review Audience Member If you like Westerns where the main character is a big ol' cowardly scaredy-cat through the whole thing... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This is on my list of two hundred favorite favorite movies. Almost no one else likes it. Even E.L. Doctorow the author of the original novel dislikes it. Even though there is action/violence it is primarily a character study of the mayor, the prostitute and the boy. Most see the mayor as a coward but, though he certainly isn't courageous, he seems like an ordinary man who fears danger and is unwilling to take risks even when the need arises, while feeling bad about himself for it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Wild West outpost Hard Times comes under attack by the Man From Bodie (Aldo Ray), a villain who conducts a one-man rape, murder and arson campaign that leaves few survivors. One of the stranger's victims, saloon dancer Molly (Janice Rule), blames pacifistic mayor Will Blue (Henry Fonda) for not stopping the rampage. Fearful the man may come back, she teaches adolescent orphan Jimmy Fee (Michael Shea) how to shoot a gun. When the stranger does return, the survivors must band together to stop him.
Director
Burt Kennedy
Producer
David Karr, Max E. Youngstein
Screenwriter
Burt Kennedy
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 1, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2016
Runtime
1h 45m
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