Hard Times (1975)

Directed by

Walter Hill

Genre

drama film, action film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 232 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Great Depression, a quiet drifter named Chaney rides freight trains in Louisiana. He teams up with a talkative hustler named Speed to fight in underground bare-knuckle boxing matches for money.

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What happens

Hard Times is a 1975 action drama sport film co-written and directed by Walter Hill in his directorial debut. It stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, a mysterious drifter freighthopping through Louisiana during the Great Depression, who proves indomitable in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches after forming a partnership with the garrulous hustler Speed, played by James Coburn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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