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Hard Times is a 1975 action drama sport film marking the directorial debut of Walter Hill. It stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, a mysterious drifter freighthopping through Louisiana during the Great Depression , who proves indomitable in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches after forming a partnership with the garrulous hustler Speed ...
Aug 13, 1975 · Hard Times: Directed by Walter Hill. With Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin. The saga of a drifter who turns to illicit bare-knuckle boxing in Depression-era New Orleans.
During the Great Depression, Chaney (Charles Bronson) bare-knuckle boxes to survive. Speed (James Coburn), an avid gambler, recognizes his talent and becomes his manager. They hire a cut man named...
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"Hard Times" is a powerful, brutal film containing a definitive Charles Bronson performance. He plays Chaney, a man of few words and no past, who rides the rails to New Orleans for the winter and tries to win some money by fist fighting. It's in the middle of the Depression.
Overview. 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.
Hard Times. 1975 · 1 hr 34 min. PG. Drama · Crime · Sport. An aging, bare-knuckle street fighter in 1930's New Orleans makes his living in illegal brawls with opponents fooled into thinking they can take him. Subtitles: English. Starring: Charles Bronson James Coburn Jill Ireland Strother Martin Maggie Blye. Directed by: Walter Hill.
May 6, 2009 · A Depression-era drifter takes up street fighting to make his fortune.
