The Hard Way is a 1980 British television action film directed by Michael Dryhurst and starring Patrick McGoohan, Lee Van Cleef and Edna O'Brien.

Co-writer Richard Ryan was the initial director, but was replaced early in production by Michael Dryhurst.

Connor's white cottage "Trapper" is on the Luggala Estate in Roundwood, County Wicklow.

[3] In British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order, Barry Forshaw writes: "Dryhurst’s paring down of narrative, dialogue and performance to a bare minimum pays dividends and the film has a cold, affectless sheen which commands attention".

[6] The Radio Times gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "The scenery is breathtaking, but that scarcely compensates for the dour story and the lacklustre performances".