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Released
1979 · FILM

Hardcore

A conservative Midwestern businessman races against time to locate his missing teenage daughter, only to be thrust into Los Angeles’s dark pornography underworld where powerful forces will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden.

“Oh my God, that's my daughter.”

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Written by
Runtime
108 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

A conservative Midwestern businessman enters the seamy world of pornography as he searches for his runaway teenage daughter, who is producing hardcore films in the underbelly of Los Angeles.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Tom RolfShot by Michael ChapmanScored by Jack NitzscheDesigned by Paul Sylbert

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  • Hardcore - Ein Vater sieht rotde

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