Definition of hard boil:
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Hard BoiledElder, 2005, pg. xxviii is a 1992 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Gordon Chan and Barry Wong based on a story written by Woo.
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a three-issue comic book mini-series written by Frank Miller and drawn by Geof Darrow.
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a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by John Woo.
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a 1919 American comedy silent film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by John Lynch and R. Cecil Smith.
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a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Tom Mix, Helene Chadwick, and Heinie Conklin.