Hard Traveling
1986, English. Directed by Dan Bessie.
The times were hard... decent men were driven to desperate acts.
Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducated janitor (J.E. Freeman) who is later accused of murder.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 20 January 1986
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Dan Bessie
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Hard Traveling runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Hard Traveling isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 1986. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Hard Traveling?
Hard Traveling (1986) was directed by Dan Bessie and stars Ellen Geer, J.E. Freeman, Barry Corbin.