Rent hard times 1975 starring charles bronson and james coburn on dvd and bluray. I thought that bronson brought a unique charm to cheney, who happens to be a drifter with great fighting skill. The opening scene where bronson just jumps off of an arriving train looks beautiful and the rest of the movie follows. Bronson plays an itinerant bareknuckle street fighter in the 1930s who makes his living beating the brains out of those foolish enough to think they can take the graying tough guy. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Illegal noholdsbarred barefist underground street fighting during the great depression. Mar 19, 2020 personally, i thought hard times was charles bronsons best movie. The adventures of a drifter turned illegal prizefighter during the depression era in new orleans. Bronson plays an itinerant bareknuckle street fighter in the 1930s who makes his living beating the brains out of. Charles bronson list of movies and tv shows tv guide. It has a very good story for an action movie and the acting all round is first rate.
Hard times is a 1975 film starring charles bronson as chaney, a drifter who travels to louisiana during the. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Hard times 1975 shows charles bronson as the big, bad brooding actor. This depression era movie is similar in flavor to the lee marvin ernest borgnine vehicle emperor of the north. The film follows the life of this prisoner, considered britains most violent criminal, who has been responsible for a dozen or. He looked incredible for any age let alone 54 years old at that time. Never one to back down from a challenge especially when hes the only one who believes hes been challenged charlie was sure it was an easy trick and anyone could do it.
Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. In this entire movie, bronson only speaks about 500 words. I first watched this film in 1978 when i was 12 years of age and now im 52 and i completely forgot of its existence until recently looking up charles bronson movies. Bronson is a 2008 british biographical crime drama film directed by nicolas winding refn and cowritten by refn and brock norman brock. Street fighter ii sure looks inspired by this 1975 charles.
Hard times is one of the best films starring charles bronson, and even with the fact that he has made several classics before this, hard times is one of of his most defining works in terms of. Hard times is set during the great depression and centers its themes heavily on the working class struggle. Pg 1h 33min crime, drama, sport 4 september 1975 netherlands 2. His first notable role was in apache 1954 and his first major role was portraying murderous modoc warrior captain jack in drum beat 1954. I wouldnt call myself so much a fan of charles bronson that i love every movie he made just because hes in it, but i do love hard times which is a good thing. What happened instead was a run of lowkey european films that. Hard times is a 1975 film starring charles bronson as chaney, a drifter. Coburn is the new orleans promoter who arranges illegal bouts for bronson and ireland has a fling with the fighter. Starring charles bronson, james coburn, jill ireland, strother martin. Hard times ist ein usamerikanisches action drama des regisseurs walter hill aus dem jahr 1975. Hard times is a 1975 charles bronson period piece that was released at the height of his box office drawing power. Hard times 1975 charles bronson james coburn first. One of bronson s best pictures, hard times is a different kind of boxing yarn. Hard times 1975 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango.
The fight scenes are great and well executed, and the. Apr 06, 2020 charles bronson, american motionpicture and television actor who was best known for his portrayal of tough guys, especially in the movie death wish 1974 and its sequels. He plays chaney, a man of few words and no past, who rides the rails to new orleans for the winter and tries to win some money by fist fighting. Hard times is a 1975 crime neo noir sport film marking the directorial debut of walter hill. With charles bronson, james coburn, jill ireland, strother martin. It stars charles bronson as chaney, a drifter freighthopping through. He played a street fighter doing the 30s that had matchs set up for money. He demolishes the local competition, but can he deal with the big moneys imported talent.
Charles bronson celebrity profile check out the latest charles bronson photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Hard times1975 charles bronson vs robert tessier youtube. Here we find charles bronson on form as a typically inscrutable, almost messianic figure prone to dignified silences and explosive bursts of violence. Hard times 1975 a drifter charles bronson blows into depressionera new orleans, and impresses a sleazy promoter james coburn into backing him in the underground bareknuckle fight circuit.
One of charles bronson best movies, hard times what life and survival was like for a street fighter back then. By the time he made this movie, bronson had already assembled an impressive repertoire of films to his name. Aug 30, 2003 charles bronson full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Jan 27, 2016 looking for an understated, beautiful, wellcrafted movie with plenty of punching, but not too much punching. Hard times is a 1975 action film marking the directorial debut of walter hill. Hard times is a 1975 film starring charles bronson as chaney, a drifter who travels to louisiana during the great depression and begins competing in illegal bareknuckled boxing matches. A lean, muscular action drama set during the 1930s, in which bronson played a mysterious loner, who arrives in new orleans in the middle of the depression and becomes a no. His other notable films included the magnificent seven 1960, once upon a time in the west 1968, and hard times 1976. The producers wanted a younger man and janmichael vincent was considered. A street fighter during the great depression meets with a slick promoter to make some quick money in new orleans. Hard times is a powerful, brutal film containing a definitive charles bronson performance. Hard times is a 1975 film starring charles bronson as chaney, a drifter who travels to. Based on charles dickens classic novel about materialism and lovelessness in an industrialage town.
If you are unfamiliar with charles bronson, and want to see the kind of actor he could be, outside of the vigilante films he ended up being ghettoized in, than hard times is a great place to start. His lead role in the detective series man with a camera 1958. The film stars tom hardy as michael peterson, known from 1987 as charles bronson. Hard times 1975 features charles bronson as chaney a tuff as nails fighter with no background and very few words. Advertisement autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. The film can be considered both a melodrama and an action style fight film. Apr 28, 2017 a commercial success with which walter hill launched his directorial career, hard times is perhaps best remembered for playing to the strengths of its leading man. Play sporcles virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. They ran to get another piece of lumber, centered it on a brick, and stood back. Hard times 1975 with charles bronson and james coburn hits the spot. I wouldnt call myself so much a fan of charles bronson that i love every movie he made just because hes in it, but i do love hard times which is a good thing, because my husband watches it at least weekly.
Charles bronson was an american actor who gained fame for portraying vigilantetype characters in revengeoriented movies. Nov 16, 2015 hard times 1975 movie charles bronson, james coburn, jill ireland. The fights are allout and bareknuckle, held in warehouses and open by invitation to men with cash to wager. Sep 01, 2003 bronson was shatteringly effective in the lowbudget machine gun kelly l958, and memorable in two underrated films, the mechanic 1972 and hard times 1975. Gambler james coburn backs bareknuckle brawler charles bronson in 1930s new orleans. See more ideas about charles bronson, actor charles bronson and movie stars. Hard times delivers something different for fans of charles bronson, and if you enjoy a good drama with an engaging story, then this film is a must see. Jan 28, 2020 but bronsons best performance, and what i consider his signature character, came a year after the first death wish movie. Hard times 1975 charles bronson fight 2 of 2 youtube. Rent hard times 1975 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Topics discussed in the interview with lawrence gordon include, the origins of hard times, columbia pictures and how they got involved in distributing the film, walter hill and why he decided to hire a firsttime director, charles bronson, james coburn, strother martin, jill ireland, cinematographer philip h. It stars charles bronson as chaney, a drifter freighthopping through louisiana during the great depression, who competes in illegal bareknuckled boxing matches after forming a partnership with the garrulous hustler speed, played by james coburn. I watched him in a movie years ago called hard times made in 1975.