

Take a Hard Ride
It Rides With The Great Westerns
After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Sonora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.
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- Released
- Budget
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- Language
- English
- gunslinger
- bounty hunter
- saloon
- gambling
- fistfight
- murder
- shootout
- gunfight
- explosion
- desert
- spaghetti western
- gunfighter
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Italy, Spain, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG29 Oct 1975
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1631 Oct 1975
SpainES
- Theatrical16Original Film Rating: Over 14 years of age or children accompanied26 Oct 1976
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Take a Hard Ride was released on 29 October 1975.
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1- W6/10
Wuchak
3/31/2026
**_Dynamic and unique Western with Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef_** This is a "men on a mission" Western and Blaxploitation hybrid. Some say it borrows from Spaghetti Westerns, but its three main influences are all American films, as follows: Like “The Professionals,” the story revolves around a specialized group navigating dangerous territory for an explicit goal, delivering money to a widow in Mexico. The group co…
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