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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.
Language
Budget$2,700,000
Revenue $5,000,000
English
Budget$2,700,000
Revenue $5,000,000
Keywords
martial arts
sports
bare knuckle boxing
gangster
new orleans, louisiana
louisiana
great depression
street fighter
fighting
illegal fistfight
streetfighting
prizefight
neo-noir
boxing
1930s
fight club
Casts
Charles Bronson
Chaney
James Coburn
Spencer "Speed" Weed
Jill Ireland
Lucy Simpson
Strother Martin
Poe
Margaret Blye
Gayleen Schoonover
Michael McGuire
Gandil
Felice Orlandi
Le Beau
Edward Walsh
Pettibon
Bruce Glover
Doty
Robert Tessier
Jim Henry
Nick Dimitri
Street
Frank McRae
Hammerman
Maurice Kowalewski
Caesare
Naomi Stevens
Madam
Lyla Hay Owen
Waitress
John Creamer
Apartment Manager
Robert Castleberry
Counterman
Becky Allen
Poe's Date
Joan Kleven
Carol
Anne Welsch
Secretary
Fred Lerner
Caesare's Hitter
Jimmy Nickerson
Barge Fighter
Chuck Hicks
Speed's Hitter
Walter Scott
Pool Player
Max Kleven
Pool Player
Valerian Smith
Handler
Bob Minor
Zack
Larry Martindale
Driver
Charles W. Schaefer Jr.
Card Player
Leslie Bonano
Card Player
Ronnie Philips
Cajun Fighter
Ron Centanni
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
M.C. Gainey
Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
Brion James
Man (uncredited)
Laura Misch Owens
Prostitute (uncredited)
Crews
Walter Hill
Director
Walter Hill
Screenplay
Bryan Gindoff
Screenplay
Bruce Henstell
Screenplay
Bryan Gindoff
Story
Bruce Henstell
Story
Lawrence Gordon
Producer
Fred Lemoine
Associate Producer
Paul Maslansky
Executive Producer
Barry De Vorzon
Original Music Composer
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Roger Spottiswoode
Editor
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Calvin Maehl
Gaffer
Trevor Williams
Art Direction
Allan Gordon
Property Master
Alex Tavoularis
Other
James T. Woods
Set Painter
David Coleman
Assistant Property Master
Robert Hernandez
Assistant Sound Editor
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald C. Rogers
Sound Director
Max Kleven
Stunt Coordinator
Nick Dimitri
Stunts
Wilbur Kinnett
Gaffer
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Dennis Dolan
Assistant Editor
Norman Webster
Location Coordinator
Jerry MacDonald
Music Editor
Albert Sendrey
Orchestrator
Eddy Lawrence Manson
Musician
J.W. Coffman
Transportation Coordinator
Gabriel Puccio
Picture Car Coordinator
Ernest Anderson
Publicist
Lynda Gordon
Other
Elaine Gyorke
Producer's Assistant
Karen Rasch
Production Secretary
Sandy Siegel
Other
Howard R. Schuster
Finance
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Dennis W. Peeples
Set Decoration
Jack Bear
Costume Design
Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Phil Rhodes
Makeup Artist
Joe Torrenueva
Hair Designer
Ferdinand Zoren Veltman
Hairstylist
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist
Fred Lemoine
Unit Production Manager
Michael Daves
Assistant Director
Nathan Haggard
Second Assistant Director
Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Donald F. Johnson
Sound Mixer
Bonnie Prendergast
Script Supervisor
Buzz Feitshans
Production Executive
Backdrops & Posters
