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Hard Times (1975)

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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. Bronson in real life), but it's back to the seedy realm before too long. Hard Times represented the directorial debut of Walter Hill, who

May 22, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Rough and grim knuckle-fighting drama headlining Charles Bronson.

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Walter Hill's first film as a director is spare, elegiac and as tough as a nickel steak.

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fantastic fight flick

January 22, 2007
sanjurosamurai
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Sure it's a tough violent movie, but the story is familiar and predictable. It has a good cast, but it's pretty boring for the most part.

September 5, 2010
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