• Director(s)

    Perry Henzell

  • Production Year

    1972

  • Release date

    05/08/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw

Film

The Harder They Come

strong violence, drug misuse

THE HARDER THEY COME is a 1972 drama concerning the struggles of a young Jamaican reggae singer.…

THE HARDER THEY COME is a 1972 drama concerning the struggles of a young Jamaican reggae singer.

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violence
There is a fight scene in which a man is repeatedly slashed with a knife, accompanied by blood in the the aftermath. In another scene, an arrested man is whipped across his exposed buttocks and urinates during the beating.
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse which emphasise marijuana smoking. Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There is also infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'piss', 'ass', 'damn'). There are also brief moderate sex scenes which include female breast nudity, as well as brief scenes of female rear view nudity seen in magazine pin-up photographs.

  • Director(s)

    Perry Henzell

  • Production Year

    1972

  • Release date

    05/08/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw

strong violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
26/07/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
There is a fight scene in which a man is repeatedly slashed with a knife, accompanied by blood in the the aftermath. In another scene, an arrested man is whipped across his exposed buttocks and urinates during the beating.
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse which emphasise marijuana smoking. Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There is also infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'piss', 'ass', 'damn'). There are also brief moderate sex scenes which include female breast nudity, as well as brief scenes of female rear view nudity seen in magazine pin-up photographs.
Classified Date:
04/04/1977
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Lagoon Assoc Prods
Contains moderate bloody violence, soft drug use and moderate nudity
Classified Date:
16/04/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Revolver Entertainment
Classified Date:
14/11/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BMG Video
Classified Date:
29/09/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arthouse Productions Ltd
Classified Date:
11/12/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Jet Star Phonographics Limited

  • Classified date

    26/07/2022

  • Language

    English