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Take a Hard Ride (1975)
PG | 103 min | Western, Drama, Action | 29 October 1975 (USA)

Following the death of his employer (Dana Andrews), cowboy Pike (Jim Brown) undertakes a perilous endeavor to transport $86,000 to the widow of his boss. With hundreds of miles of desert landscape and ruthless and greedy men between him and his destination, Pike teams up with Tyree (Fred Williamson), an untrustworthy gambler, to better his odds at making it alive. As Pike and Tyree face one attack after another, no one poses more of a threat than Kiefer (Lee Van Cleef), a crafty bounty hunter.

Director: Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M. Dawson)

Writers: Eric Bercovici (screenplay), Jerrold L. Ludwig (screenplay) (as Jerry Ludwig)

Stars: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson
Transcript
00:00The Western. No other form of motion picture can match its power, its adventure, its drama.
00:07Now, 20th Century Fox presents a film that rides with the great Westerns.
00:14Take a hard ride when you've got to take $86,000.
00:19Across 900 miles of danger, there's only one way to go.
00:26Take a hard ride.
00:30These two men swore they would do it.
00:32We ride together.
00:35I protect your tail, you watch mine.
00:38Half the West swore they wouldn't.
00:40Let's show them the way.
00:46Take a hard ride.
00:48Starring Jim Brown as Pike, the loner.
00:52To some men, death is a way of life.
00:56Lee Van Cleef as Kiefer, the bounty hunter.
01:00Are you going after Pike, too?
01:02I might just be the one that's gonna kill him.
01:04As sly as a rattlesnake and twice as deadly.
01:09Fred Williamson as Tyree, the gambler.
01:12I certainly would call this a fine hand.
01:15He could deal from the bottom of the deck or the barrel of a .45.
01:20Catherine Spock as the woman.
01:23She crossed an ocean to find freedom.
01:26All she found was trouble.
01:32Jim Kelly as the half-breed.
01:34He never said much. He never had to.
01:42Barry Sullivan as the marshal.
01:44I can handle that myself.
01:46I've already buried a dozen men who said the same thing.
01:48With justice on his side and murder on his mind.
01:52Dana Andrews as Morgan.
01:54The money was his.
01:56The risk was theirs.
01:58When you've got $86,000 in a land where life isn't worth a nickel.
02:07You've got no friends.
02:13An army of enemies.
02:15An army of enemies.
02:18And only one thing to do.
02:22Take a hard ride.