1973
action | crime | drama
USA | English | Color | 01:43
The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film starring reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, who plays Ivanhoe Martin, a character based on Rhyging, a real-life Jamaican criminal who achieved fame in the 1940s.
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Jimmy Cliff | Ivanhoe Ivan Martin |
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Janet Bartley | Elsa |
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Carl Bradshaw | Jose Smith |
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Ras Daniel Hartman | Pedro |
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Basil Keane | Preacher |
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Bob Charlton | Hilton |
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Winston Stona | Detective Ray Jones |
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Lucia White | Mother |
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Volair Johnson | Pushcart Boy |
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Beverly Anderson | Housewife |
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Clover Lewis | Market Woman |
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Elijah Chambers | Longa |
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Prince Buster | DJ at Dance |
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Ed 'Bim' Lewis | Photographer |
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Bobby Loban | Fitz |
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Joanne Dunn | Barmaid |
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Adrian Robinson | Editor |
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Don Topping | DJ |
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Karl Leslie | Freddie |
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Sandra Redwood | Girl |
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Ula Fraser | Elsa Friend |
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Carol Lawes | Elsa Friend |
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Aston 'Bam' Winter | Drunk |
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Henry Gordon | Recording studio singer |
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Frederick Hibbert | Recording studio singer |
| Director | Perry Henzell |
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| Writer | Perry Henzell, Trevor D. Rhone | |
| Producer | Chris Blackwell, Yvonne Brewster, David Garonzik, Arthur Gorson, Perry Henzell, Stephen A. Housden, S. Leigh Savidge, Jeff Scheftel | |
| Musician | Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, The Slickers | |
| Photography | Peter Jessop, David McDonald, Franklyn St. Juste | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Widescreen (1.66:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Mono [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Mono [English] |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Regions | Region 1 |