The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come
The Harder They Come
	Original release poster
Directed by	Perry Henzell
Written by	Perry Henzell; Trevor D. Rhone;
Produced by	Perry Henzell; Uncredited:; Chris Blackwell;
Starring	Jimmy Cliff
Cinematography	Peter Jessop; David McDonald; Franklyn St. Juste;
Edited by	Reicland Anderson; John Victor-Smith; Richard White;
Music by	Jimmy Cliff; Desmond Dekker; The Slickers; The Maytals;
Production; company	International Films Inc.;
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release dates	5 June 1972 (Kingston, Jamaica); 1972 (VIFF); 8 February 1973 (United States);
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Jamaica
Languages	Jamaican English; Jamaican Patois;
Budget	J$400,000 or $150,000

The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff. The film is most famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have "brought reggae to the world".

Enormously successful in Jamaica, the film also reached the international market and has been described as "possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of the most important films from the Caribbean".