Product Details

• Actors: Robert Conrad, Red West
• Directors: Peter Werner
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Miracle Pictures
• DVD Release Date: February 2, 2002
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002K85IM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,908 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hard Knox" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

From back cover, "A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma mater military school for two weeks, with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school and raised morale so that they are able to win the brass-axe competition against another local military academy."

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars New Commander Heals poorly performing Unit, January 30, 2006

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Noah TW Givens (Marietta, Ga. United States) - See all my reviews
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Where to begin?

In the first place, some descriptions of "Hard Knox" on the 'net are in error. The DVD cover portrays Robert Conrad in an Airforce ROTC uniform with the Lockheed F-35 newest All purpose vertical landing fighter behind him. F-35? Air Force ROTC? Air Force? None of this has the Slightest thing to do with the story inside!

Regardless of the DVD Cover this story is about Ace MARINE Bird Colnel(sp?) Fighter Pilot INSTRUCTOR (Call sign: 'Hard Knox') who is instantly medically grounded. A thirty year career of flying instantly grounded.

Now what does he do? He returns to the only home he has ever known, a military school... The Military school is in shambles and will be closed due to lack of real control if 'somebody' doesn't do something.

Hard Knox is put on the spot to run things for TWO WEEKS during his ACTIVE DUTY leave (the published description sez that he is retired). Who joins him in this endeavor but his life/career long right-hand-man his maintenance chief.... (same main flight line crew chief as he had as 'Pappy Boyington' had in Baa Baa Black Sheep).

So here we have two hardened MARINES to manage a failing Marine oriented military school. (Look for the 'commandant' and his dining room call to announcements - Oh Brother!)

Unexpected plot twists and excellent work by the actors rescue an obviously c-budget story. The Story is really well portrayed but the photography and ambience is a study in amaturish production.

Worth a looksee if you like sucess stories.

Quotes:
Man, when does all this crying stop?
Well, I cried for two weeks. I had a room-mate that cried for two years.



Major oops. In the opening sequence they show F-4 Phantom aircraft from VMAF 312 (V-Fixed wing M-Marine F-Fighter A-Attack squadron number 312) After landing they suddenly become VMFAT 101 (T-Training).

Similar plot to The private war of Major Benson - Fireball Forward - and 12 O'clock High - to name a few.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Comedy!!!!!!!!!, June 13, 2005

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This is a great military school comedy starring Robert Conrad.It's a must SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard Knox, December 29, 2009

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Valued Customer "Tin Can Sailor" (Bellmawr, NJ) - See all my reviews
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Hard Knox is a cute fun movie that we had taped around 1986 on New Years Eve with our first VCR. The taping was not the best and we probably wore it out anyway. My son had acquired a replacement tape online but its quality was poor, worse than our worn out original.
I found and purchased the DVD online from Amazon.com and have been pleased with the quality. I would rate the quality as that which would have been produced around 1986. It's not what I would call digitally remastered (probably no demand for it to be done); but the quality is quite acceptable. If the quality were digitally remastered, I would have given a 5-star rating.