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Hardcore

1979Age guide: 16+

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A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.

★ 6.8/10 · 344 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • George C. ScottJake VanDorn
  • Peter BoyleAndy Mast
  • Season HubleyNiki
  • Dick SargentWes DeJong
  • Leonard GainesRamada
  • Dave NicholsKurt
  • Gary GrahamTod
  • Larry BlockDetective Burrows

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

John Chard: Nobody makes it. Nobody shows it. Nobody sees it. It's like it doesn't even exist. Hardcore is written and directed by Paul Schrader… Read full review

CinemaSerf: George C. Scott makes good with his rather uncharacteristic performance, here. He’s the upstanding businessman “Van Dorn” who is shocked at the sudden… Read full review

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