![]() Needing some quick cash, the soft-spoken, low-key Chaney forms a partnership with the mercurial Speed. Chaney (Charles Bronson) is a middle-aged drifter who ends up crossing paths with Speed (James Coburn), a fast-talking promoter of "street fights" (no holds barred matches between local tough guys with no rules or regulations). This is one of my favorite films of the period, though many retro movie fans probably haven't seen it. There is no evidence in Hard Times that Hill was a novice behind the camera, either. Hill was an up-and-coming screenwriter with Peckinpah's The Getaway to his credit as well as solid thrillers like The Drowning Pool, The Mackintosh Man and Hickey and Boggs. Sony has released Walter Hill's 1975 directorial debut, Hard Times, on on DVD through their Sony Choice Collection.
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