American International Podcast · Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot

The Hard Ride

·45 min·4 clips

A Vietnam veteran returns home to fulfill a dead friend's last wish, leading him into a dangerous biker underworld.

Cheryl Lightfoot and Jeff Markin analyze the 1971 biker film The Hard Ride, discussing its plot about a Vietnam veteran honoring his dead friend's last wish. They explore the film's themes of racial tension, its travelogue-style cinematography, and its place in American International Pictures' history, ultimately giving it an intermediate rating.

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