Trailer for "Hard Times" (1975), starring Charles Bronson

[juji234]

This movie is Bronson's best movie!

[whatthefucs]

alot better than bloody rocky

[squirilman009]

This movie had classic punch outs. RIP Charles.

[MontyCMUT]

Does Anybody know the name of the tune on the guitar and the person that performed it?

[ricovatoloco]

charles bronson = biggest bad ass who ever lived. He took Jill Ireland from a friend and made no apologies about it.

[tiberiousss]

One of my favorite Bronson films. Mr Majestyk and Death Hunt were very good too.. I liked Chino and From Noon Til Three as well.

[bpp325]

@tiberiousss

add to your list Breakheart Pass as well. Yeah, Charles Bronson may he rip. His spirit will live on as an artist through these films.

[paudiemaguire1]

i dunno charles bronson without a mustache is like superman without any powers

[myapocolypse1]

thats awesome, a man who doesnt run his mouth, is a man to be reckoned with!

[Ninety9Soulz]

Wow Charles Bronson was fucking jacked!

[gotherealex]

Bronson, Coburn ... Legends... i remember watching this film on channel 5 KTLA, Los Angeles every year in the late '70 and early'80 along with Charlie , Holiday Inn . I miss those times

[fabphil100]

charles bronson rip true legend

[huskvarsm]

Great movie.

[TimeStrider]

IMHO this was Bronson's best film. My dad and I must have watched this movie at least 5 times a year, maybe more, and never tired of it.

[AMpufnstuf]

@TimeStrider I'm a huge fan of both Coburn and Bronson but I think in Bronson's case most people might argue that One Upon A Time In The West was the biggest and most interesting role he ever got. I enjoyed Death Hunt and the Death Wish series, but artistically and according to story you can't really top a Sergio Leone western. In Coburns' case he did almost too many damn movies to even try to pick a favorite, but they were both legends to be missed until we're dead as they are.

[TimeStrider]

@AMpufnstuf Agreed, 'Once Upon A Time In The West' WAS a great film but this one will always be my favorite Bronson film. Another one I enjoyed was 'The Great Escape'.

[drago717]

a gym? gyms are jokes. chin ups, one arm pushups, pistols for the legs, handstand pushups as alternate for upper body... burpees for conditioning. with these everywhere-available exercises its easy to get a body like this.

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@drago717 have tried the burpees always seem to get acid reflux .any ideas??

[seka1986]

@drago717 tyson never lifted weights, it's all calisthenics.

[TimeStrider]

@drago717 Definitely! I don't know what Bronson did exactly to get a physique like his but I'm sure he probably did pushups, pullups, etc, which can build an awesome physique. Another famous actor in this category who had one of the all-time greatest physiques ever seen was the late Woody Strode, who did 1500 pushups, pullups, squats, and situps according to his book 'Goal Dust'.

[donnyab]

@TimeStrider

1500 a day or over the course of his life, be more specific.

[TimeStrider]

@donnyab in a day.

[juanmosey]

"You're pretty good."

[juanmosey]

@mrmagicroundcircle I can relate.

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@juanmosey Thanks am thinking about going into movies .Just got to find someone to look after my cat

[castorres7]

I just saw the Leone films after Eastwood. Once Upon a Time in the West with Bronson and Fistful of Dynamite with Coburn. Crazy to see that a few years later they were in a picture together.

[weslake898]

this is 2011, good luck all....

[pyrofella]

What is the name of the guitar tune in the background?

[AvEryBadApPLe]

awesome cast!

[EdNortonisMineLol]

I can't believe he's 53 here... wow

[Lobonsky]

You don't see hard men like these anymore.....sissy boys....more worried about their make-up then their manhood!

[HomicideHenry]

Bronson and Coburn in this film remind me of the relationship between Jack Dempsey and Doc Kearns

[ProtectAus]

Great Friggin Flick

[Kananmunakas]

After watching this. Sylvester Stallone sounds like teddy bear compare to Bronson.

[jaseyday]

I personally think Hard Times was bronsons definative role..This movie was so underated ..It almost feels as though he's not even acting..Just simply being himself..A quiet and humble man who disliked the hollywood fame machine..All respect to this man..R.I.P Charles Bronson

[MultiJman69]

this is one of my favorite bronson movies.the supporting cast is very good with james coburn, jill ireland, and strother martin.love all the fight scenes especially the fight in the cage.i really thought that bronson gave a good and honest performance.

[gregor1972]

one of my favorite films. but i ve got a question: a see pictures af this film in which bronson fights a black fighter. the versions i had seen there were not these scene.

are there different versions ?

[beantna]

I am very happy to have started watching films with guys like Bronson,Eastwood,and Mcqueen recently, I dont know if hollywood will ever have guys like this again.

[kometman]

Bronson was allegedly a very shy person in real life.

In the movies he's the definition of badass! :) I don't think I'll look like that when I'm 53 years old.

[whokeithmoon]

i lubbed this flick....

[wmhoad]

This movie is full of great lines. The dialogue in this action movie is underrated. It fits the time and era and sounds true put at the same time is almost endlessly quotable.

[wmhoad]

"What does it feel like to knock somebody down?"

"It makes me feel a helluva better than it does him."

Classic Bronson.

[BIGKELL9614]

Great casting. Bronson had the "30's look" that no other actor had. He played the part perfectly, because I think it was so close to who he really was. Played a great part in the M7 movie too.

[cammpinno]

There is only one guy Chuck Norris is afraid of - Charles Bronson.

[dutchpaul123]

Charles Bronson: the lonely wolf

[huckstered]

Not always, only if the person tries to bulk up with heavy weights, low reps. and eating a lot of protein. Nowadays all boxers, basketball players etc. lift weigthts. It is a matter of right training techniques and movement. Not all bulk up and with intelligent training it is a boon for athletes and even for average people for health problems and fitness. Research it and you will find this is true. It is a fountain of youth.

[D33Lux]

This is a great movie! Another great Bronson movie is "The hunt"

[wmjahn]

Definitly one of the best 5 Bronson-movies, maybe even THE best ! Just awesome and superbly made. Zen-like acting driven to perfection, he was THE man!!

God bless you, Charles !

[movieclassics2009]

pound for pound..this movie beats all the rocky fights films..this is real bare knuckle great choreography..the rocky films..saw a guy being clobbered but still standing in the same spot..crap!

[ladianoh]

Gotta love Coburn.

Still, this is typical Walter Hill. Sets out to make a film about something sort of important (i.e. the depression) but loses a lot of the focus throughout the film and just piles on the action/fight scenes. Still, you can prob get something from it if you concentrate real hard.

[Rockunstank]

one of my fav movies ever!!!

[joedamobsta]

anyone know who plays the music..especially at the end??? thanks.

[400SA]

Hard to believe this very fit and very tough man was already 53 when he made this! He is a role model for aging well and just being a man in general.

[melollylolly]

this is a great flick-Charles Bronson says what he has to say--in a few words

[MihiLibertas]

America..Hits the skids once again

[elareh]

they always come to speed for the do ray me!!!

[bugsmoran100]

Chaney:"That piece of business tonight...you set it up"

Speed:"It happens all the time..help yourself"

[yogafan6500]

Hard Times is a great action-drama that re-teams Charles bronson & James Coburn who first appeared in the 1963 war classic The Great Escape. Great movie.

[drizzleNmist]

No, they were actually first appeared together in "The Magnificient Seven" which came out in 1960.

[FTWEVERYONE]

CHANEY:"That's one way..wanna see another"?

[snk07]

Hard Times was an inspiration for Fight Club

[Ease54]

The ultimate "guy" flick! Musta watched it 30 times.

[mrbughorn]

I like him better with a moustache.

[aerts06]

Great movie!

[iammrmonkey]

SO much better than this year's "Fighting" which TOTALLY rips this off!

[bugsmoran100]

Dynamite Flick one of the best!

2 best lines:"That's one way...wanna see another"?

"Let's go get the cat"

[mouseman71]

lol, I was going to say "Let's go get the cat" but my other favorite line is "You're pretty good."

[alfthechamp]

I watch this movie again in TCM. Great cast, great story, great movie.

[stowmann]

Bronson, Coburn, Strother Martin all superb. A minor classic. With a great last line:

"Let's go get the cat.

[vhalen777]

I can watch anything starring Charles Bronson & this movie is vintage tough Bronson all the way. Highly recommended!

[ftbrothers]

dad loved the line, lets get the cat, he loved this movie,

[wmjahn]

One of the BEST movies of the 70ies and certainly the best one Walter Hill ever made (although his subsequent 70ies pictures aren´t bad either).

BRONSON RULES !!!

[Sfqc101]

This movie was historically based on the

early life of the great heavy weight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey.

[gloriamichaelc]

i seen this in 1980 i was 8.. lbflb one of mikeys fav boxing flicks.. mikey.

[clintbronson5]

CHANEY VS

 PHILOE BEDDOE

[Bitchassscott]

hell yea

[bullcur]

CHANEY,got his character name from LON CHANEY,a quiet guy who spoke with something OTHER than his mouth.

[MPTHEBRO]

own it..seen it at least 50 times..best line was from Poe when he said, "Some are born to fail..others have it thrust upon them."..LOL..

[mouseman71]

And the second best line was at the end "let's get the cat."

[waggsthadogg]

0:23-

hey, just like nowadays!

[koronkax]

Really good movie, aand an inspiration to everyone doing fighting sport

[ostrichsoup]

Slighty underrated movie. One of my all-time fav. Great music, too. And Jill Ireland is a very foxy lady. :>

[na55mo34]

charles bronson and burt lancaster were the men in hollywood with the best physices.this was natural, inborn strength, not muscles pumped with bodybuilding and steroids like in the case of schwarzenegger.actually bodybuilders were never that impressive on screen.just watch steeve reeves in his movies with his of course perfectly proportioned body, but with the total lack of coordination in his movements, and in the movies he had to loose weight for he even appears weak and ridicilous.

[XMxOxRxSX]

you're crazy if you think that charles bronson never go to a gym

[FuckWorkdays]

@XMxOxRxSX I don't think he's been in a gym since at least 8th of August 2003

[voygerr19]

@XMxOxRxSX

i have heard that he never worked out since leaving the army?? isnt that true??

[bambarn5678]

NA55 Agreed,also Clint Walker,I figure to be what was once known as a He-man.

[huckstered]

@na55mo34 Arnie could mop the floor with this guy. All athletes lift weights now

for all sports. Now that they know what it will do for athletic abilities. With proper training it emphasizes natural abilities.

[EricFinnerty]

@huckstered, lifting weights slow you down... Now push ups, hiking and boxing is the way to go.

[absolutebore]

@huckstered ''THIS GUY'' as you put it, was 54 when the film came out.

He worked in a coal mine while he was in school, then he served in WW2 and received a purple heart. (that is life tough) He was a soft spoken and private man who never boasted about his achievements. At 53 ''Arnie'' was having operations, brought on by the abuse his body received from body building drugs. If you think being tough is spending 10 hours a day in a gym, then your welcome to that opinion.

[huckstered]

@absolutebore The operation was for a congenital defect. Maybe Bronson took steroids too, they have been common since the fifties. 10 hrs a day, foreigner

title holder, lifting record holder , #1 box office draw, governor, investor, bricklayer, businessman, and a very generous charity donor with time and money, Arnold has charisma, guts and more. Bronson was a very good actor in great shape.

[fabphil100]

@na55mo34 you fucking idiot you hav no idea what it takes to get in shape, bronson was a bodybuilder he trained with weights all his life,you say bodybuilders are not impressive on screen u clearly have no idea you stupid muppet

[wkanost]

This and The Driver are two of Walter Hill's best films. He was asked to direct "Alien" but did not want to direct a science fiction film.

[wmhoad]

Walter Hill and Charles Bronson's best movie.

"Getting a little old for this, ain't ya paps?"

"'I dont think you want to use it.' 'That's one way--you want to see another?'"

"'A small black cloud appeared on campus and I left under it.' 'What he means to say is he's a dye-in-the-wool hop head.' 'That's a hard habit to quit.' 'Some men are born to failure, others have it thrust upon them.'"

"Everyone thinks they're as tough as a nickel steak. They come running to Speed for the do-ra-me."

[tigerbay70]

i suppose youve been down the long hard road? who hasn,t.

[jerrygormanNO1]

proper,fightin,movie,1,of,the,­best

[bambarn5678]

" I don't do that"..."let's go get the cat"

"Speeeeed..you made as much as me..Dollar for Dollar"..."That's one way,wanna see another"...."ya see it doesn't matter what you do..you're always gonna smell like fish".

Great,great movie..snappy dialogue.When a Movie has memorable lines,you KNOW it's great!

[eddiefuzz]

When this movie was released in Britain in 1976, it was called THE STREETFIGHTER

[msternic]

Was called "The Streetfighter" here in Australia too..

[eddiefuzz]

Yeah, I couldn't figure it out when the movie appered on TV recently with the title HARD TIMES. Surely THE STREETFIGHTER sums up the subject matter better.

[cammpinno]

Hes a Great Great actor and a man. Il brutto, Le Monstre Sacré. He had been scared to death of enclosed premises ever since he almost got killed in a coalmine. That feature occurs also in the Great Escape. Also he hadnt spoken English with his parents and siblings in his childhood times -- only Lithuanian and Russian I believe.

[cammpinno]

I heard he was a likeable guy, but didnt like a company of more than 2 people (incl. him), then he just shut up:-)

[msinthrop]

Could not agree more. Lee Marvin,Bronson,McQueen,Eastwoo­d, just to name a few. The 60's and 70's produced films with REAL MEN. Look at what we have today. Ill stick to my dvds and enjoy the legends.

[sitedecinema]

Walter Hill's best directing is in this forgotten masterpiece.

[guitarspectre]

gosh.......... im fan.. really... :(

[gonzalesmd]

I love this movie.

[fajing060]

R.I.P .......James, Charles, Jill and Strother; nice job.

[187derrick]

who needs clyde? hahaha!!!!

[hardaginn]

all hail charles bronson!

[ufund]

This is a great movie.

[MyLuckyCars]

Charles Bronson forever....

[ReubenJamez]

Bronson was a Lithuanian and loved his wife Jill very much. I really like Bronson ! RIP

[vytautas70]

Im from lithuania and I dont now this. thanks!

[ReubenJamez]

vytautas...Bronson is awesome, wish more men were like him. A friend of mine lives in California and saw Bronson quite often. I left a comment on your profile. :)

[cammpinno]

Hey man, how was Bronson in privacy?

[robj200735]

"Keep smilin' while you still got some lips!"

[oocunt]

hi robj===i gotta know about 'keep smilin'===please let me know the whens and hows===cheers

[robj200735]

hey oocunt, as far as I can remember, that's the line James Coburn (Speed)says to Michael Mcquire (Chick)when Coburn's man loses to Chick's fighter

[oocunt]

cheers , mate ====i'm on it..

[Silks]

This movie owns. Lol fight club. are you kidding? they aren't even related except that they both have fight scenes. stupid kids

[fukgloryzz]

Fight club was a joke just like that pansy, wuss brad pitt(shit). Why are you kids posting on here anyway talking about shit that doesn't make sense? Unlike Bradley Pittshit, Bronson was a real man. Anybody can kick Pitt's ass and Bronson would have destroyed him.

[Zombiewire]

This movie was bad ass. Saw it back it came out

[OGMillwood]

"just another fight club copycat" ..

That might be the funniest thing I've ever read. Clearly this movie was so shit that it ruined someone else's idea before they'd even had it.

[KUNTAOARNIS]

You are a fucking moron!

[OGMillwood]

Thanks. I'll bear that in mind.

[breezeman199]

How can it be a 'copycat' when it predates FightClub by several decades?

[breezeman199]

FightClub was made in 1999. This movie was made in 1975, 24 years earlier. How can it be a 'copycat' of something it predates by almost a quarter-century. Your ignorance is breathtaking. Why don't you take a grade two course on remedial spelling by the way?

[Quake1983]

like the man on MSN said

John says (2:12 AM):

yeah, except it came out like 30 years BEFORE fight club

[br1antim]

This is the ultimate guy flick

[bradlee180]

"This month my financial condition has prevented certain journeys of the imagination."- Strother Martin as Poe.

[cretancooper]

Awesome movie! Love listening to the song during the ending credits.

[weightnut]

good boxin movie, love how bronson knocks down everyone

[sharp1972]

ahhhhhhh !!!!!!i must see this.... chuck and jim colburn ,,,cant go wrong! my boys!

[penthouse0]

''That's one way. You wanna see another.''

[dapoetmaster]

Agreed one of Charles Bronson's best. The fight with Jim Henry in the cage was classic. My favorite line was when Robert Tessier as Henry gets knocked on his ass by Chaney, gets up, wipes the blood off his face....stalks in on Bronson & says 'You're pretty good'.

Tessier was a classic tuff guy actor as well, his first film role BTW.

[jacktheripoff1888]

I liked at the very end when Jim Henry helped Mr. Street up after losing his fight to Cheney, helped him over to a chair, and gave him a pat on the back for the effort. Pretty cool of Jim considering Street made him carry his bag when he arrived off the train.

[jacktheripoff1888]

And of course who could forget:

"If things don't work out tonight, who get's to do the job?"

"We both do."

"Not this time, I'll take him."

"Yeah that's right, you haven't won one in a while have you Jim?"

"Why don't you just shut up and play cards."

[Liqudgold40oz]

damn good movie..i have this on DVD

[anton1990]

One of the best movies ever made.

[Xxxlut]

LOL Luigi said "It was too... damned... easy."

Well, well, well... I say THAT was too... damned... cheesy. I love this movie. Saw it 200 and twice times.

[gfgfm]

Great, Great underrated movie. What a shame !

Walter Hill's best, together with "the Warriors"

[CesMan83]

Chuck Bronson's best movie!