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| Title: TAKE A HARD RIDE Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 |
Expectations for a Blaxploitation-Western, being that Jim Brown and Fred
Williamson play the hero and anti-hero, or a Spaghetti Western, since Lee Van Cleef
is the bad guy, will be disappointed. While it does have some of the
(very intentional) Spaghetti elements in style and music, and slick action sequences for
Blaxploitation fans...
TAKE A HARD RIDE is actually an old-fashioned cowboy flick
involving honest man Jim Brown and dishonest gambler Fred Williamson,
on a quest to deliver money (that Brown made with late boss Dana Andrews, veteran of said classic Westerns) to a small town with cunning and deadly bounty hunter Van
Cleef on their trail...
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| Fred Williamson in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
For eye candy there's Catherine Spaak with her very own sidekick Jim Kelly is a mute Indian scout (Williamson said that it was because of his pal Kelly's limited vocal-acting abilities, although Jim did great channeling Fred's bravado in ENTER THE DRAGON), sporadically
wielding his signature karate moves in-between running along with the mounted riders...
And Williamson's ambiguous nature
adds suspenseful distrust for Brown, also adding to their chemistry in what's more a fun ride than a hard one,
but a pretty neat flick since, with all the money involved, and an ensemble of non-trusting cowboys, you can say it's a mobile TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE.
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| Lee Van Cleef in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Catherine Spaak in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Jim Brown in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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Jim Kelly in TAKE A HARD RIDE
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Fred Williamson in TAKE A HARD RIDE with Jim Brown
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| Fred Williamson in TAKE A HARD RIDE with Jim Brown |
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| Jim Brown in TAKE A HARD RIDE with Jim Kelly |
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| Jim Brown in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Jim Kelly in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Jim Brown in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Catherine Spaak and Jim Kelly in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Catherine Spaak and Jim Kelly in TAKE A HARD RIDE w/ Jim Brown |
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| Lee Van Cleef in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Lee Van Cleef in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Catherine Spaak and Jim Kelly in TAKE A HARD RIDE w/ Jim Brown and Fred Williamson |
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| TAKE A HARD RIDE w/ Jim Brown and Fred Williamson |
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| Jim Brown with Cult Film Freak Patron Saint Dana Andrews in Take A Hard Ride |
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| Dana Andrews in a small but important role in Take A Hard Ride |
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| Fred Williamson in TAKE A HARD RIDE w/ Jim Brown |
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Dana Andrews and Jim Brown in TAKE A HARD RIDE
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| Dana Andrews and Jim Brown in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Dana Andrews in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Fred Williamson in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Lee Van Cleef in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| From TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| FRED WILLIAMSON From TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| Jim Kelly in TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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| From TAKE A HARD RIDE |
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