i love that the movies of the late 60's and early 70's have such an innocence about them in terms of relationships - that anything physical is implied. this is a classic tale of love taming the hardest heart and stirring emotion where it appears none ever existed. john cunningham is all about control and sheila has absolutely no control - talk about opposites attracting. the chasing game is a great take on the girl finds/gets/loses/keeps man scenario. especially at the end when he takes her hand to ask if they want to make a run for it. fascinating story of how the minds work across the generations and almost detached discussion of degrees of morality. it is a super example of movies of this era - and it's my favourite james coburn movie.
Review of Hard Contract
