She is prevented from leaving by her factory worker boyfriend who does not want her to move to the big city.

The film features appearances by country music artists Tanya Tucker and Michael Martin Murphey.

Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer.

Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city.

Michael Shain as Harry Webb Mark Garibaldi as Doc Udda Principal photography of Hard Country began in December 1979 on a budget of approximately $5–7 million.