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The Harder They Come

1972 · 103 min · Director: Perry Henzell ★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,748 ratings

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Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.

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The Harder They Come (1972) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Inspiration 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Empathy
25%Inspiration
20%Sadness
  1. Empathy30%
  2. Inspiration25%
  3. Sadness20%
  4. Excitement15%
  5. Anger10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Inspiration, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Crime, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Inspiration and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Tension
Empathy
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 28 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope50 %17 %30 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness49 %15 %41 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy51 %15 %50 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness53 %15 %49 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Hope44 %16 %33 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Hope43 %19 %21 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Hope57 %35 %34 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension69 %51 %46 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Hope65 %48 %44 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Tension59 %41 %40 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Excitement55 %36 %41 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Empathy53 %39 %41 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Tension60 %54 %36 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension73 %68 %30 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Tension74 %69 %30 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension70 %66 %35 %29 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension70 %63 %41 %35 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Sadness71 %59 %53 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension78 %71 %56 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Tension83 %83 %48 %42 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JC
Jimmy Cliff

JB
Janet Bartley

CB
Carl Bradshaw

CB
Carl Bradshaw

Jose

RD
Ras Daniel Hartman

BK
Basil Keane

BC
Bob Charlton

WS
Winston Stona

WS
Winston Stona

Detective Ray Jones

LW
Lucia White

VJ
Volair Johnson

BA
Beverly Anderson

CL
Clover Lewis

Market Woman

EC
Elijah Chambers

Longa

PB
Prince Buster

DJ at Dance

E'
Ed 'Bim' Lewis

Photographer

BL
Bobby Loban

Fitz

JD
Joanne Dunn

Barmaid

DT
Don Topping

DJ

KL
Karl Leslie

Freddie

SR
Sandra Redwood

Girl

UF
Ula Fraser

Elsa Friend

Details

Directed by
Perry Henzell
Written by
Perry Henzell, Trevor D. Rhone
Type
Movies
Released
1972
Runtime
103 min
Country
Jamaica
Genres
Drama, Crime, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,748 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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