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...
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Hard Times
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.
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Release date
13/08/1975
Votes
253
Popularity
2.2
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 Manager
Robert Castleberry
Counterman
Becky Allen
Poe's Date
Joan Kleven
Carol
Anne Welsch
Secretary
Fred Lerner
Caesare's Hitter
Jimmy Nickerson
Barge Fighter
Chuck Hicks
Speed's Hitter
Walter Scott
Pool Player
Max Kleven
Pool Player
Valerian Smith
Handler
Bob Minor
Zack
Larry Martindale
Driver
Charles W. Schaefer Jr.
Card Player
Leslie Bonano
Card Player
Ronnie Philips
Cajun Fighter
Ron Centanni
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
M.C. Gainey
Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
Brion James
Man (uncredited)
Laura Misch Owens
Prostitute (uncredited)
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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, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire & Robert Tessier. Hard Times, if you pardon the pun, pulls no punches, it's tightly scripted (Walter Hill in conjunction with Bryan Gindoff & Bruce…
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