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Hard Country

1981 · 1h 44m · Drama, Romance · United States of America · Rated PG (US)

Sometimes a woman has to leave the man she loves... to find herself.

Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle wants to stay in Texas.

Directed by
David Greene
Written by
Michael Kane
Story by
Michael Kane, Michael Martin Murphey
Starring
Jan-Michael Vincent, Kim Basinger, Michael Parks, Gailard Sartain
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5.9Smart score

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coming of agecoupledancingfactorypickup trucksmall towntexas
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