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Hard Times

New Orleans, 1933. In those days words didn't say much.

6.8(251)19751h 33m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.7M
Box office
$5M
Language
English
  • martial arts
  • sports
  • bare knuckle boxing
  • gangster
  • new orleans, louisiana
  • louisiana
  • great depression
  • street fighter
  • fighting
  • illegal fistfight
  • streetfighting
  • prizefight

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Behind the camera

Director

Walter Hill

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPGNew York City, New York8 Oct 1975
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical5 Sept 1975
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP13 Aug 1975
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical16West Germany12 Sept 1975
  • HungaryHU

    • Digital / OTT1622 Jun 2000
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1515 Oct 1976
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical25 Oct 1975
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical124 Sept 1975
    • TV12V822 Mar 2003
  • South KoreaKR

    • Physical1930 Mar 2001

Frequently asked questions

Hard Times was released on 13 August 1975.

Audience reviews

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  • K

    ky1958

    2/20/2017

    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...

  • J

    John Chard

    5/30/2019

    8/10

    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, M…

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