The Hard Ride

1971
PG
1h 33m

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Phil agrees to look after his dying Vietnam vet buddy by taking care of his motorcycle only to run into some trouble with both the law and other bikers.Phil agrees to look after his dying Vietnam vet buddy by taking care of his motorcycle only to run into some trouble with both the law and other bikers.Phil agrees to look after his dying Vietnam vet buddy by taking care of his motorcycle only to run into some trouble with both the law and other bikers.

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5.3/10

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Trivia
The 1947 Harley Davidson Knucklehead chopper used in this film was built by Ben Hardy Cliff Vaughn , Sugar bear. Choppers they never received recognition for this in the film credits or ever mentioned.

Quotes
Phil: Y'see those
[military service]
Phil: ribbons? Ya don't get them, for bein' a fag...

Connections
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 3 (1996)

Soundtracks
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Written by Wallis Willis
Sung by Bill Medley

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2/10

What a baby

It's a good thing that Robert Fuller got himself a long running gig in Emergency for six years after this film got inflicted on the movie going public. I'd hate to think of this as his career epitaph.

The former star of Laramie plays a Marine Vietnam vet who accompanies his dead buddy's body back to his small California town for burial. He also has been willed 'Baby' his late friend's motorcycle .

It's quite a machine. In fact the local bikers who the late friend rode with don't think it should go to an outsider. Therein lies the plot of this silly epic.

I mean if you're into motorcycle movies with curvaceous women than you can't go wrong here. Marlon Brando or James Dean wouldn't have been caught dead in this film.