Hardcore

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-04-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(4896 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Schrader

Genres:

Drama Thriller

Cast:

George C. Scott Peter Boyle Season Hubley Dick Sargent

Writer:

Paul Schrader

Fullplot:

Jake Van Dorn is a businessman from the American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen. His teenage daughter is missing from her church youth convention trip to California and Van Dorn hires a private investigator to find her. The result of the investigation is his daughter is spotted in a cheap X-rated movie. Van Dorn decides to bring her back personally and during the quest he becomes familiar with the pornographic underworld.

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