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Bookmark this pageThe Hired Hand (1971)
Director: Peter Fonda
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From Time Out Film Guide
Peter Fonda's follow-up to Easy Rider is a strange hybrid of a movie which starts off as a ghastly Western parody of Dennis Hopper's film, and then develops into something much more interesting: the last half is primarily concerned with the problems of a woman in a male-oriented Western culture, and Bloom captures the part magnificently, adding another dimension to the film by her performance. Oates, too, is as good as ever, and there are a few scenes between them of real subtlety and intelligence before the uninteresting mechanics of the plot reassert themselves.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Fonda
Producer: William L Hayward
Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden, Ted Markland, Ann Doran full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 90 mins
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