Hard Traveling
Hard Traveling is a 1986 American drama film written and directed by Dan Bessie and starring J. E. Freeman, Ellen Geer and Barry Corbin. It is based on the 1941 novel Bread and a Stone by Alvah Bessie, the father of Dan Bessie.[1][2]
| Hard Traveling | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dan Bessie |
| Written by | Dan Bessie |
| Based on | Bread and a Stone by Alvah Bessie |
| Produced by | Helen Garvy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Myers |
| Edited by | Susan Heick |
| Music by | Ernie Sheldon |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes[2] 99 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
Illiterate and unemployed, Ed Sloan marries widowed schoolteacher Norah Gilbert and becomes the stepfather of her two sons; but after not being able to find employment, Ed ends up murdering a businessman.
Cast
- J. E. Freeman as Ed Sloan
- Ellen Geer as Norah Gilbert Sloan
- Barry Corbin as Frank Burton
- James Gammon as Sergeant Slattery
- Jim Haynie as Lieutenant Fisher
- W. Scott DeVenney as Bill Gilbert
Reception
Walter Goodman of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "A true story? Sure. It's true to an ideology-generated fiction that was always false to life and to art."[1]
Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times also gave it a negative review and wrote that the film "is all the more disappointing because it so clearly could have been so much better."[2]
References
- Walter Goodman (August 27, 1986). "SCREEN: 'HARD TRAVELING,' A 40'S TALE". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
The leisurely movie, which opens today at the Embassy 72d Street, is just as plain as a Saturday Evening Post illustration.
- Kevin Thomas (September 12, 1986). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'HARD TRAVELING' NOT WORTH THE TRIP". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 9, 2021.