Hard, Fast & Beautiful (MOD) "1970's"

Hard, Fast & Beautiful (MOD) "1970's"When most people look at Florence Farley, they see a pretty teenager. But when Milly Farley looks at her daughter she sees something else: a tennis prodigy who could be Milly's ticket to money and fame. Released in 1951, Hard, Fast and Beautiful foresaw our modern era of big time women's sports and of driven parents who would stop at nothing to "help" their daughters grab the golden ring. Sally Forrest plays Florence, who finds athletic success but

It's also a time of global war

costarring for the first time

Then the talented Broadway star's luck changed

Filmdom may never find two more talented teens

a plot targeting a Middle Eastern official

the scandalized townsfolk don't know which is more shocking

George "Goober" Lindsey and in a delightful comic turn as missionary-trained natives

Its heroes were a bit darker

an English geologist (Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

and falls heart-over-level-head in love

Taking it on the lam

heroics and Emmy®-nominated special effects