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7.1/10   1,931 votes
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Director:
Perry Henzell
Writers:
Perry Henzell (written by) &
Trevor D. Rhone (written by)
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Genre:
Crime | Drama | Music more
Tagline:
dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail in shanty town (British DVD tag-line) more
Plot:
Ivanhoe Martin comes to the city to make it big singing Reggae. However, he finds life in the city to be harder than he thought... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
real jamaican experience in early 70s. more (34 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Jimmy Cliff ... Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin
Janet Bartley ... Elsa
Carl Bradshaw ... Jose
Ras Daniel Hartman ... Pedro
Basil Keane ... Preacher
Bob Charlton ... Hilton
Winston Stona ... Detective Ray Jones
Lucia White ... Mother
Volair Johnson ... Pushcart Boy
Beverly Anderson ... Housewife
Clover Lewis ... Market Woman
Elijah Chambers ... Longa
Prince Buster ... DJ at Dance
Ed 'Bim' Lewis ... Photographer
Bobby Loban ... Fitz
Joanne Dunn ... Barmaid
Adrian Robinson ... Editor
Don Topping ... DJ
Karl Leslie ... Freddie
Sandra Redwood ... Girl
Ula Fraser ... Elsa Friend
Carol Lawes ... Elsa Friend
Aston 'Bam' Winter ... Drunk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Toots Hibbert ... Himself (uncredited)
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Directed by
Perry Henzell 
 
Writing credits
Perry Henzell (written by) &
Trevor D. Rhone (written by)

Produced by
Perry Henzell .... producer
Jeff Scheftel .... producer (30th Anniversary DVD)
Chris Blackwell .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Jimmy Cliff 
Desmond Dekker 
The Slickers 
 
Cinematography by
Peter Jessop 
David McDonald 
Franklyn St. Juste 
 
Film Editing by
Seicland Anderson 
John Victor-Smith 
Richard White 
 
Art Direction by
Sally Henzell 
 
Production Management
Yvonne Jones .... production manager
Scott Michael Nabat .... post-production supervisor (2006 restoration)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Russell .... assistant director
Tony Straw .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Bob Povey .... sound
Winston Rodney .... sound
 
Stunts
Alton Ellis .... stunt double: Jimmy Cliff
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ernest Davis .... assistant camera
Roy Marsden .... gaffer
 
Music Department
Brent Dowe .... composer: song "Rivers of Babylon"
Trevor McNaughton .... composer: song "Rivers of Babylon"
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hard Road to Travel (Jamaica: English title) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:120 min | Finland:103 min (TV)
Country:
Jamaica
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Jamaica

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First feature film produced in Jamaica more
Quotes:
DJ: You know, this is show *business*, Baby. No business, no show! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Sitting Here In Limbo more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
real jamaican experience in early 70s., 19 February 2004
Author: (wwayners@aol.com) from ft lauderdale

the harder they come, a jamaican experience in watching this film. A partially true story of a infamous gunman (rygin) being chased all the the way to the sandy shores and cut down in a hail of bullets. Shows also the corrupt side of the music industry. I remember when this movie was at the theaters but was too young to see it then. Score 7 out of 10 as being the first shoot him up movie from jamaica. dialect might be hard to understand if you are not jamaican or aquainted with caribbean accent.

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