Movies and TvShows featuring "hard-scrabble" theme.

In 1934, former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer is hired to track down the notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. With the help of his former partner Ben Maney Gault, Hamer embarks on a manhunt after the fugitive gang is involved in a shootout. Using wiretapped information and the knowledge that the criminals are returning 'home' to Dallas, Hamer and Gault set out to capture Bonnie and Clyde. The pursuit leads them through several states, including Kansas and Oklahoma, and they eventually succeed in ambush. The story concludes with the aftermath of their capture. The Highwaymen is a gripping drama based on a true story.

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.

The Adventures of Mark Twain follows the life and travels of the famous author, Mark Twain. From his small-town upbringing in Missouri to his world travels and encounters with historical figures, the movie tells an episodic story filled with adventure, drama, and mystery. Twain's iconic characters such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn make appearances, while themes of honor, reconciliation, and the American Civil War also come into play. With a mix of tall tales, singing, and captivating storytelling, The Adventures of Mark Twain is a journey through Americana at its finest.

Deep Valley is a movie set in Northern California. It tells the story of a young woman who lives on a farm and is trapped in an unhappy life. When an escaped prisoner seeks refuge in her valley, she finds the courage to confront her fears and begins a romantic journey. The movie explores themes of love, forgiveness, and personal growth in a rural setting.

Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.

A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?

Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on a dare. He drinks the concoction down in one swallow and also manages to outsmart Dot's boss and his rum-running hooligans. You see, Dingo is a bootlegger himself. He literally sweeps the lady off her feet and they set up housekeeping in a tropical hotel full of colorful characters, some of whom are in the bootlegging business too.

The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks and have taken up truck-farming.

A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.

A secretary catches the eye of her amorous boss while her regular boyfriend keeps trying to propose marriage to her.

Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer canine. Thus, the human characters spend most of their time hunting down the dog in hopes of collecting a huge bounty.

An ambitious but financially strapped taxi driver becomes involved with mobsters to obtain money to buy a gas station.

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

Bobby Lee (Jack Conrad) has just been released from jail and wants to make a better life for he and girlfriend Ruthie (Rita George).

"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also takes time, along the way, to smooth the rocky road to romance being traveled by Bill Peck and Barbara Blake.

Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run from the police, pretending to be a famous singer whose gimmick is wearing a mask in public.

The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant lawyer, while Henry decides that a life of crime is the best path to easy riches. Gangster "Bull" Connors frames Henry, now known as Monte, on a murder charge, and it is up to Bob to clear his brother.

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.