| Hardbodies | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Mark Griffiths |
| Produced by | Jeff Begun |
| Written by | Eric Alter Steve Greene Mark Griffiths |
| Starring | Grant Cramer Courtney Gains Gary Wood Darcy DeMoss Cindy Silver Sorrells Pickard Kristi Somers Michael Rapport Teal Roberts Roberta Collins |
| Music by | Vic Caesar |
| Cinematography | Tom Richmond |
| Editing by | Andy Blumenthal |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 11, 1984 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hardbodies is a 1984 sex comedy film about three middle-aged men who hire a younger man to help them pick up women at the beach. The film was directed by Mark Griffiths, and stars Grant Cramer, Courtney Gains, and Gary Wood. It was followed by a sequel entitled Hardbodies 2.
Scotty Palmer (Grant Cramer) is portrayed as a down on his luck con man who gets kicked out of his home. Scotty soon finds three older divorcees who have a lot of money, however they do not have a trait that Scotty possesses, moxie with women. They agree to let Scotty stay with them at their beach house, if he returns the favor by teaching them how to pick up women.
Scotty shows them how to "dialog" women by giving them a dose of the old BBD (Bigger and Better Deal). Along this journey, Scotty loses his playboy ways and falls in love with Kristi (played by Teal Roberts). Kristi, knowing Scotty's playboy past, puts up with his ups and downs early on in the movie but later insists that he change his ways. Scotty recognizes that Kristi is ultimately more important than the empty life he has led up until now and changes his ways.