Welcome to Hard Times is a 1967 Western film based upon a novel by E. L. Doctorow. It stars Henry Fonda as the leader of a dying town who is too weak to stand up to a brute terrorizing the few remaining residents. The supporting cast includes Keenan Wynn, Warren Oates, Edgar Buchanan, Aldo Ray, Lon Chaney, Jr., Paul Fix, Royal Dano, and Elisha Cook, Jr. The movie was directed by Burt Kennedy.
A vicious stranger, the "Man from Bodie" (Aldo Ray), t...
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Welcome to Hard Times is a 1967 Western film based upon a novel by E. L. Doctorow. It stars Henry Fonda as the leader of a dying town who is too weak to stand up to a brute terrorizing the few remaining residents. The supporting cast includes Keenan Wynn, Warren Oates, Edgar Buchanan, Aldo Ray, Lon Chaney, Jr., Paul Fix, Royal Dano, and Elisha Cook, Jr. The movie was directed by Burt Kennedy.
A vicious stranger, the "Man from Bodie" (Aldo Ray), terrorizes the small settlement of Hard Times. He kills the only man who stands up to him, Mr. Fee, and rapes Molly Riordan (Janice Rule). Then, before he leaves, he burns down the handful of buildings.
Only a few people stay afterwards, among them Will Blue (Henry Fonda). Blue takes in Fee's young orphaned son Jimmy and eventually Molly. Then, a few people start to trickle in. First, Zar (Keenan Wynn) and his four saloon girls settle in to serve the nearby miners. When Isaac Maple (John Anderson) comes looking for his long-gone storekeeper...
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