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Hard Times
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.
1975 · Directed by Walter Hill · 93 min · Drama · 17 frames
Tagline
New Orleans, 1933. In those days words didn't say much.
Crew
- Screenplay: Walter Hill, Bruce Henstell, Bryan Gindoff
- Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop
- Edited by: Roger Spottiswoode
- Music: Barry De Vorzon
- Produced by: Lawrence Gordon
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Chaney
- James Coburn as Spencer "Speed" Weed
- Jill Ireland as Lucy Simpson
- Strother Martin as Poe
- Margaret Blye as Gayleen Schoonover
- Michael McGuire as Gandil
- Felice Orlandi as Le Beau
- Edward Walsh as Pettibon
- Bruce Glover as Doty
- Robert Tessier as Jim Henry
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Claridge Productions, Major Studio Partners
- Budget: $2,700,000
- Box office: $5,000,000
- Themes: martial arts, sports, bare knuckle boxing, gangster, new orleans, louisiana, louisiana, great depression, street fighter, fighting, illegal fistfight
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