Hard Times

Name: Hard Times
Genre: Drama, Sport, Crime
Released: October 8, 1975
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Bruce Glover, Charles Bronson, Edward Walsh, Felice Orlandi, James Coburn

1975

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Eureka Entertainment | Release Date: October 8, 1975 | PG

Starring: Bruce Glover, Charles Bronson, Edward Walsh, Felice Orlandi, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Robert Tessier, Strother Martin

Summary: The adventures of a drifter turned illegal prize-fighter during the Depression Era in New Orleans.

Director: Walter Hill

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 93 min

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Pauline Kael

Spacious, leisurely, and with elaborate period re-creations of Louisiana in the 30s, this first feature directed by the young screenwriter Walter Hill is unusually effective pulp, perhaps even great pulp.

Glenn Heath Jr.

Hard Times feels most like a brilliant prerequisite to the cinema of Michael Mann, a focused neo-western where the last man standing is the one truest to himself. Read full review

Roger Ebert

A powerful, brutal film containing a definitive Charles Bronson performance. Read full review

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Strong supporting performances, good locations, and well-staged fights contribute to what is an impressive example of how to assemble this kind of material. Read full review

Adam Lowes

Hard Times may not have grown in stature to the extent where it will be mentioned by fans in the same breath as the director’s more revered titles, but it’s certainly worth a punt and is an absolute must for Hill completists. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Unfortunately, the script leaves something to be desired--namely, dramatic impetus. Yet Hard Times is still an enjoyable film, and the depression-era settings are painstakingly captured. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

The production has a very handsome mid-1930s New Orleans period flavour but the cast can’t lick the script. Read full review

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