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Hard Choices

Play trailer Poster for Hard Choices 1986,  1h 30m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Teenager Bobby (Gary McCleery) makes a fateful decision when he goes out for a drive with his older brothers. After they rob a store and kill a police officer, Bobby is captured and set to be tried as an adult for murder -- even though he claims he had no part in the crime. Social worker Laura (Margaret Klenck) believes Bobby and wants to help. But it becomes clear that the system will show no mercy, and, in order to save his life, Laura makes a fateful decision of her own.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3.5/4
Many movies start out strong and end in confusion and compromise. Hard Choices starts out like a predictable action picture, and grows and grows until at the end it astonishes us. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Rick King

Director

Gary McCleery

Bobby Lipscomb

Margaret Klenck

Laura Stephens

John Sayles

Don

Martin Donovan

Josh

John Seitz

Sheriff Mavis Johnson

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Hard Choices

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Movie Info

Synopsis Teenager Bobby (Gary McCleery) makes a fateful decision when he goes out for a drive with his older brothers. After they rob a store and kill a police officer, Bobby is captured and set to be tried as an adult for murder -- even though he claims he had no part in the crime. Social worker Laura (Margaret Klenck) believes Bobby and wants to help. But it becomes clear that the system will show no mercy, and, in order to save his life, Laura makes a fateful decision of her own.
Director
Rick King
Producer
Robert Mickelson
Screenwriter
Rick King, Robert Mickelson
Production Co
Breakout, Screenland
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m
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