Hard Times

Action drama about a Depression-era bare-knuckle fighter. A mysterious street fighter teams up with a New Orleans gambler in an attempt to make a fortune from his boxing skills., Charles Bronson as a big-money street fighter in Walter Hill’s Depression-era actionfest., Action drama about a Depression-era bare-knuckle fighter. A mysterious street fighter teams up with a New Orleans gambler in an attempt to make a fortune from his bouting skills., Bronson is a tight-lipped street-fighter and Coburn is the sharpster who arranges his bare-knuckled bouts in 1930’s New Orleans. Colorful entertainment. In its genre, this rates as one of the best., A Depression-era melodrama about street fighters and the gamblers who back them., Action drama in which Charles Bronson plays a street fighter who is taken on by slippery promoter James Coburn during the 1930s Depression. Also known as The Streetfighter, this was Walter Hill’s first film as a director., A street-fighter looking for a better way of life takes a chance in this made-for-television movie. Charles Bronson stars as Chaney, a Depression-era bare-knuckles fighter who teams up with a slick promoter named Speed (James Coburn) to make it in the big-time world of New Orleans prize-fighting.