Hard Times
New Orleans, 1933. In those days words didn't say much.
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.
- Budget
- $2,700,000
- Revenue
- $5,000,000
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Claridge Productions, Major Studio Partners
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Cast
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
Frank McRae
Hammerman
Naomi Stevens
Madam
Lyla Hay Owen
Waitress
John Creamer
Apartment Manager
Fred Lerner
Caesare's Hitter
Jimmy Nickerson
Barge Fighter
Chuck Hicks
Speed's Hitter
Max Kleven
Pool Player
M.C. Gainey
Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
Brion James
Man (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Walter Hill
- Producers
- Paul Maslansky,Lawrence Gordon
- Cinematography
- Philip H. Lathrop
- Composer
- Barry De Vorzon
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ky1958
February 20, 2017
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...
John Chard
May 30, 2019
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…