Hardcore
1979 · Movie · R · 108 min · ★ 6.7 · 68% critics
A conservative Midwest businessman travels to Los Angeles after his teenage daughter disappears, searching for clues that point to pornography production. His investigation takes him through the city’s seedy underworld as he tries to find her before her life is swallowed by it.
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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-02-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (316 votes)
About
You’ll like Hardcore if you want a gritty, uncomfortable drama driven by a relentless search through Los Angeles’s seedy world—Not for you if you dislike sexual content or prefer cleaner, more uplifting mysteries like Body Heat or Body Double.
Pros: gritty LA underworld; tense quest; strong lead acting | Cons: mixed pacing; disturbing subject matter; divided reception
Themes
- daughter
- pornography
- michigan
- runaway
- peep show
- snuff
- father
- los angeles, california
- porn industry
- blunt
- subculture
- private detective
- +8 more
Cast & crew
George C. Scott
as Jake VanDorn
Peter Boyle
as Andy Mast
Season Hubley
as Niki
Dick Sargent
as Wes DeJong
Leonard Gaines
as Ramada
Dave Nichols
as Kurt
Gary Graham
as Tod
- LB
Larry Block
as Detective Burrows
Marc Alaimo
as Ratan
Leslie Ackerman
as Felice
Directed by Paul Schrader