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Take a Hard Ride is a italien film of genre Action directed by Antonio Margheriti released in USA on 29 october 1975 with Lee Van Cleef
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
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Add to a movie listTake a Hard Ride is a 1975 Italian-American Western film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It stars Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, and Fred Williamson.
Pike, a stone faced cowboy, meets up with Tyree, a dishonest gambler. Together with a mute Indian scout, Kashtok, the trio attempts to transport $86,000 across hundreds of miles of Western wasteland to deliver it to the widow of Pike's former employer.
Co-financed by Italian and American producers, filming took place on location in the Canary Islands.
On June 21, 2011, the film was released on DVD through Shout! Factory as part of a double feature with Rio Conchos (1964).
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Pike (Jim Brown), the right-hand man of cattle rancher Bob Morgan (Dana Andrews), is entrusted with a mission to deliver $86,000 across the border to the Morgan Ranch in Sonora, Mexico after his boss dies. Pike teams up with dishonest gambler Tyree (Fred Williamson) and they are forced to trust each other while being pursued by various outlaws and gunmen trying to possess the money, including the ruthless bounty hunter Kiefer (Lee Van Cleef) and corrupt sheriff Kane (Barry Sullivan).Actors
Lee Van Cleef
(Kiefer)
Fred Williamson
(Tyree)
Catherine Spaak
(Catherine)
Jim Kelly
(Kashtok)
Barry Sullivan
(Kane)
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