The Harder They Come (1972)
1h 43m
Running Time
September 1, 1972Release Date
The Harder They Come (1972)
1h 43m
Running Time
September 1, 1972Release Date
Plot.
Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.
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Cast & Crew.
Jimmy Cliff
Ivanhoe 'Ivan' Martin / Music
Janet Bartley
Elsa
Carl Bradshaw
Jose
Ras Daniel Hartman
Pedro
Basil Keane
Preacher
Bob Charlton
Hilton
Bob Charlton
Hilton
Winston Stona
Detective Ray Jones
Lucia White
Mother
Volair Johnson
Pushcart Boy
Beverly Anderson
Housewife
Clover Lewis
Market Woman
Elijah Chambers
Longa
Prince Buster
DJ at Dance
Ed 'Bim' Lewis
Photographer
Bobby Loban
Fitz
Joanne Dunn
Barmaid
Don Topping
DJ
Karl Leslie
Freddie
Sandra Redwood
Girl
Ula Fraser
Elsa Friend
Carol Lawes
Elsa Friend
Aston 'Bam' Winter
Drunk
Toots Hibbert
Himself
Adrian Robinson
Editor
Franco Nero
Django (archive footage)
Perry Henzell
Producer / Director / Writer
Jeff Scheftel
Producer
Chris Blackwell
Executive Producer
Desmond Dekker
Music
Trevor D. Rhone
Writer
The Slickers
Music
David McDonald
Cinematography
Peter Jessop
Cinematography
Franklyn St Juste
Cinematography
Reicland Anderson
Editor
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Richard White
Editor
Sally Henzell
Art Direction
Bob Povey
Sound
Burning Spear
Sound
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Wiki.
The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff. The film is most famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have "brought reggae to the world".Enormously successful in Jamaica, the film also reached the international market and has been described as "possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of the most important films from the Caribbean".
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