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- Hard Times at IMDb
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| Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
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Production company | Transatlantic Films |
| Distributed by | Transatlantic Films |
Release date | September 1915 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Hard Times is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Bransby Williams, Leon M. Lion and Dorothy Bellew. It is based on the 1854 novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens.
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