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A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Avery
- (as Lon Chaney)
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- TriviaOriginally made for television in 1966, but released to theaters instead, before being shown on TV because of its violent content.
- GoofsWhen Zar comes riding back and tells Blue that he cannot get a horse up the trail to the gold mine, let alone a wagon, Blue tells him he can take the wagon up a trail 2 days ride from Hard Times. A minute later, the miners come down the trail Zar just rode in on and, at the rear of the bunch of miners on horseback, is a wagon full of miners that just came down the trail that Zar said he could not get a wagon over.
- Quotes
Zar, Whiskey & Girls: Ghost towns always have names full of promise. You better not let that happen when they name our town.
Mayor Will Blue: We'll call it what we always called it - Hard Times.
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One Man Destroys a Town
This is a great Henry Fonda film from 1967 where Fonda plays the role as Mayor Will Blue who is a peace abiding man and hates to use his fists or a weapon against anyone. One day a man visits his town and takes over the entire town, raping women and burning the entire town to the ground. Mayor Will Blue is not very well liked by his town folk, however, he still wants to remain in what is left of his town and refuses to runaway like he has done in his past life. Molly Riordan,(Janice Rule) becomes rather close to Will Blue and also Keenan Wynn, (Zar, Whiskey & Girls) visits the town and opens up a Saloon for prostitutes and booze. Lon Chaney Jr. and Elisha Cook Jr., "I Wake Up Screaming" make very brief appearances in this film but give great supporting roles. This is a great Henry Fonda film which he made when he reached the age of 60 years and was beginning to find very few roles on the Silver Screen and then decided to perform on the Broadway Stage in New York City. Enjoy.
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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