New Orleans, 1933. In those days words didn't say much.
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
- 6.8
- 1975
- Released
- 1h 33m
Charles Bronson
Chaney
James Coburn
Spencer "Speed" Weed
Jill Ireland
Lucy Simpson
Strother Martin
Poe
Margaret Blye
Gayleen Schoonover
Michael McGuire
Gandil
Felice Orlandi
Le Beau
Edward Walsh
Pettibon
Bruce Glover
Doty
Robert Tessier
Jim Henry
Nick Dimitri
Street
Frank McRae
Hammerman
Maurice Kowalewski
Caesare
Naomi Stevens
Madam
Lyla Hay Owen
Waitress
John Creamer
Apartment ManagerRobert Castleberry
CountermanBecky Allen
Poe's DateJoan Kleven
CarolAnne Welsch
Secretary
Chuck Hicks
Speed's Hitter
Max Kleven
Pool PlayerValerian Smith
Handler
Bob Minor
ZackLarry Martindale
DriverCharles W. Schaefer Jr.
Card PlayerLeslie Bonano
Card PlayerRonnie Philips
Cajun FighterRon Centanni
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
M.C. Gainey
Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
Brion James
Man (uncredited)
Laura Misch Owens
Prostitute (uncredited)
Released
en
$2,700,000.00
$5,000,000.00
- #martial arts
- #sports
- #bare knuckle boxing
- #gangster
- #new orleans, louisiana
- #louisiana
- #great depression
- #street fighter
- #fighting
- #illegal fistfight
- #streetfighting
- #prizefight
- #neo-noir
- #boxing
- #1930s
- #fight club
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You're not going to do it for free. Hard Times sees Charles Bronson play Chaney, a drifter who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches that are set up by his new found partner Spencer 'Speed' Weed (James Coburn). Directed by Walter Hill on his directorial debut & produced by Lawrence Gordon, the film also stars Jill Ireland
Another great Walter Hill film with a strong cast. Bronson, Coburn, and Martin are all favorites of mine. A depression-era street fighter hooks up with a compulsive gambler and a morphine addict. I've watched it multiple times over it's 40 plus year life. It's worth your time...