Welcome to Hard Times (film)
| Welcome to Hard Times | |
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| Directed by | Burt Kennedy |
| Screenplay by | Burt Kennedy |
| Based on | Welcome to Hard Times by E. L. Doctorow |
| Produced by | David Karr Max E. Youngstein |
| Starring | Henry Fonda Janice Rule Keenan Wynn Janis Paige John Anderson Warren Oates Fay Spain Edgar Buchanan Aldo Ray |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Music by | Harry Sukman |
| Color process | Metrocolor |
Production companies | Youngstein and Karr Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Welcome to Hard Times is a 1967 American Western film written and directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Henry Fonda as the leader of a dying town that is too weak to stand up to a brute terrorizing the few remaining residents. It is based upon the 1960 novel by E. L. Doctorow.
According to Kennedy "It has something of a cult following—it's a dark, dreary kind of a thing." He added Doctrow "came out in the press saying that it was the second-worst picture he'd ever seen. I was afraid to ask him what the first one was. I was afraid it was one of mine."