Product Description

Take a tough-as-nails trail boss (Jim Brown of THE DIRTY DOZEN and THREE THE HARD WAY), a smooth gambler (Fred Williamson of BLACK CAESAR and BUCKTOWN) and a ruthless bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef of THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY). Add a mute martial arts master (Jim Kelly of ENTER THE DRAGON), a desperate prostitute (Catherine Spaak of CAT O’ NINE TAILS) and hundreds of greed-crazed gunmen. Turn them all loose in a chase to the Mexican border for a fortune in gold, and you have the action-packed epic that brings together the worlds of ‘Blaxploitation’ and classic Westerns like never before! Hollywood legends Dana Andrews (LAURA, THE OXBOW INCIDENT), Barry Sullivan (FORTY GUNS, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) and Harry Carey Jr. (RED RIVER, THE SEARCHERS) co-star in this adventure hit that rides hard as one of the last great Westerns of the decade!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35321 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-01-17
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 103 minutes

Customer Reviews

Fun & Exciting Western. A Tribute to the Genre.
This is the type of film they don't make anymore (sadly). A good, old-fashioned, western. Jim Brown's the stalwart, Fred Williamson's the charltan you don't know how he's going to turn, and Jim Kelly's the one who's tougher than both of them. To top it off, the old pro Lee Van Cleef is along for the ride, and he'd like to see all of them dead.

We also get to see seasoned vets Dana Andrews (albeit in a small, but pivotal, part), and Barry Sullivan. And Harry Carey, Jr., who's one of the most likable people in filmdom (I know. I've met him.) is memorable as a scuz.

To top it off, Jerry Goldsmith has one of his most memorable scores, and that's saying something. The music for TAKE A HARD RIDE is every bit as outstanding as Goldsmith's westerns such as 100 RIFLES, RIO CONCHOS, and BREAKHEART PASS.

A good actioneer, and a fun western.

Take a Hard Ride
One of my favorite western movies. I have always liked Jim Brown's westerns. He was in great form in this one. Lee Van Clief was great as the bounty hunter. The surprise was Jim Kelly. Some of his best martial arts fight scenes are on this movie. This is the type on movie I can watch over and over again.

Go For The Gold
Take A Hard Ride starring Jim Brown,Lee Van Cleef,Fred Williamson, and Jim Kelly, features alot of gunplay and action, going for the gold plot, Brown has the task of hauling a good size bankroll from one destination to another and everybody from every side of the county wants a piece of the action, including Van Cleef who plays a small part as an ruthless bounty hunter. Brown can't seem to figure out if Fred Williamson who plays a gambler is friend or foe and Jim Kelly co-star of "Enter The Dragon" is a mute bodyguard with some martial art skills. Also starring Catherine Spaak. Take A Hard Ride,delivers the goods,but something seems to be missing in this one, everything seems to get caught up in a whirlwind,good audio,video,Anchor Bay,16x9 widescreen.