Hard Times
Summary:
Also known as The Streetfighter, Hard Times stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, an aging bare-knuckle boxer, trying to scratch out a living in the middle of the Depression. "Speed" (James Coburn) is the two-bit promoter who books Chaney in the tank towns of the South and Midwest. He is briefly reinvigorated by an affair with the lovely Lucy (Jill Ireland, Mrs. B... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Charles Bronson - (Chaney)
James Coburn - (Spencer "Speed" Weed)
Jill Ireland - (Luby Simpson)
Strother Martin - (Poe)
Michael McGuire - (Gandil)
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Review:
Walter Hill's first outing in the director's chair is also arguably his best, in this near-mythic tale of a bare-knuckle boxer trying to survive during the Depression. Charles Bronson, in what is also his best role, plays the aging fighter who arrives in New Orleans looking as though he's already absorbed a few thousand punches. Possibly the ... Continue >>
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