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Hard Times

Cast

Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin View All


Crew

Walter Hill (Screenplay), Walter Hill (Director), Bryan Gindoff (Screenplay), Bryan Gindoff (Story) View All

Release: Aug. 11th, 1975
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
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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Torgo
Chaney, like the men of honor those actors usually play, ably demonstrates how following a code promotes fair pay, attracts good people to you - he has a dalliance with kindly neighbor Lucy (Jill Ireland) - and leads to the crooked, like another boxing manager who won't pay his fair share, being pun....
Takoma11
Bronson's quiet but observant Chaney is a good match for Coburn's move-forward-or-die Speed.
Thief
Set in the 1930s, Hard Times follows the struggles of Chaney, who moves from town to town making ends meet in illegal street fights.
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