The Harder They Come
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Jamaica · 1972
Rated R · 1h 43m
Director Perry Henzell
Starring Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman
Genre Crime, Drama, Music
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Ivanhoe Martin, or Ivan, is thrust into the world of crime when he is unable to make an honest living after arriving in Kingston, Jamaica and is tricked out of the rights of his own music. Despite his newfound criminal status, Ivanhoe becomes a folk hero and his record, "The Harder They Come," becomes infamous.
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