Hardcase

Hardcase
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Release date	February 1, 1972
Run time	1:14:09
Starring	Clint Walker Stefanie Powers Pedro Armendariz Jr. Alex Karras
Producer(s)	Matthew Rapf
Music composed by	Pat Williams
Screenplay by	Sam Rolfe Harold Jack Bloom
Director(s)	John Llewellyn Moxey
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Hardcase is an American live-action western television movie. It aired on February 1, 1972 on ABC. It was written by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, produced by Matthew Rapf, and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.

A presumed dead soldier returns to his ranch in Texas to discover his wife has sold it and remarried to a rebel leader in Mexico. With nothing to more to lose, he kidnaps the rebel leader in the hopes that he can hold him as ransom to recoup his loses with the rebel leader's enemies, but first he must reach the border.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Major Tovar	Luis Mirando
Jack Rutherford	Clint Walker
Felipe	E. Lopez Rojas
Booker Llewellyn	Clint Walker
Simon Fuegos	Pedro Armendariz Jr.
Rozalina Fuegos	Stefanie Powers
Luis Comacho	Martin LaSalle

Organizations

• United States Army (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • Mexico
    • Fuegus residence
  • Caribbean (indirectly mentioned)
    • Cuba (mentioned)
  • Southwest Asia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Philippines (mentioned)
  • United States
    • Massachusetts (mentioned)
    • Boston (mentioned)
    • San Francisco (mentioned)
    • Texas border
• The Sun (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Guns that killed several people

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1972.

Music

The music was composed by Pat Williams. The music was edited by John Caper.

Crew credits

• Executive producers: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
• Second unit director: Miguel M. Delgado
• Director of photography: Rosalio Solano
• Film editor: Mike Pozen
• Art director: Jose Rodriguez Granada
• Sound effects: Gene Eliot
• Associate editor: Mary Steward
• Production supervisor: James Cranston
• Production manager: Alphonso Sanchez Tello
• Unit manager/Assistant director : Jack Voglin
• Assistant director: Valerio Olivo
• Script supervisor: Elaine Newman
• Wardrobe designer: Christa Humboldt
• Stunt coordinator: Hal Needham
• Set decorator: Raul Soorano
• Camera operator: Urgano Vazquez
• Sound editor: Rafael R. Esparza
• Recorders: Todd-A-O
• Titles and effects: CFI
• Executive in charge of production: Dick O'Connor

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 1, 1972 on ABC

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 16, 2012: Warner Archive Collection releases Hardcase on DVD.