THE HARDER THEY COME
The original “midnight movie,” billed as “Jamaica's very first feature-length film,” THE HARDER THEY COME introduced world audiences to Jamaican music, one year before Bob Marley and the Wailers’ breakthrough album would become an international smash. Pop star Jimmy Cliff plays Ivan, a rural Jamaican musician who journeys to Kingston in search of fame and fortune. Pushed to desperate circumstances by shady record producers, he starts selling ganja and achieves notoriety after he shoots and kills a corrupt cop — becoming public enemy number one while his single starts climbing the charts. More than fifty years on, THE HARDER THEY COME is still electric with the feeling of discovery. DIR/SCR/PROD Perry Henzell; SCR Trevor D. Rhone. Jamaica, 1972, color, 103 min. RATED R
In Memoriam: Jimmy Cliff (1944–2025)
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, June 05, 2026
Genre: Crime drama
