Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.
Superstar violinist Ryan Harrison, "The Lord of the Violin" is at the height of his career when he enters into a brief but sizzling affair with wealthy socialite Lauren Goodhue. following a tryst with her, Harrison stumbles upon the body of Lauren's recently murdered, very wealthy portable tycoon-husband, Hibbing Goodhue. Fleeing the murder scene is a one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed killer, who briefly tussles with Ryan. The hapless Harrison is soon arrested, wrongfully accused, found guilty and sentenced to death. A fortunate bus/train accident accidentally frees the fugitive, who sets out to catch the killer and clear his name, all the while evading capture by the determined U.S. Marshal Fergus Falls.