Hard Times

Year: 1975

Country: USA

Tagline: New Orleans, 1933. In those days words didn't say much. [DVD]  »

Plot: Chaney (Charles Bronson) rides into New Orleans with two dollars in his pocket. He meets Speed Weed (James Coburn), a fast-talking promotor of bareknuckle fights. Speed, against his own instincts, gets Chaney a bout with one of the local toughs, and a career (or two) is launched. Chaney quickly makes a name for himself, but Speed does his best to self-destruct, setting up a final fight that's a life or death matter for Speed.The film depicts the adventures of a drifter who teams up with a slick promoter to make it in the big-time world of New Orleans prize-fighting during the Depression Era in New Orleans.

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