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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Walter Hill
Director, Screenplay
Bruce Henstell
Screenplay, Story
Bryan Gindoff
Screenplay, Story
Roger Spottiswoode
Editor
Dennis Dolan
Assistant Editor
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Nathan Haggard
Second Assistant Director
Michael Daves
Assistant Director
Gabriel Puccio
Picture Car Coordinator
Paul Maslansky
Executive Producer
Lawrence Gordon
Producer
Fred Lemoine
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Elaine Gyorke
Producer's Assistant
Mike Fenton
Casting
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Jack Bear
Costume Design
Joe Torrenueva
Hair Designer
Ferdinand Zoren Veltman
Hairstylist
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist
Phil Rhodes
Makeup Artist
Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Donald C. Rogers
Sound Director
Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Robert Hernandez
Assistant Sound Editor
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald F. Johnson
Sound Mixer
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Barry De Vorzon
Original Music Composer
Eddy Lawrence Manson
Musician
Jerry MacDonald
Music Editor
J.W. Coffman
Transportation Coordinator
Howard R. Schuster
Finance
James T. Woods
Set Painter
Dennis W. Peeples
Set Decoration
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Bonnie Prendergast
Script Supervisor
Norman Webster
Location Coordinator
Nick Dimitri
Stunts
Max Kleven
Stunt Coordinator
Allan Gordon
Property Master
David Coleman
Assistant Property Master
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Calvin Maehl
Gaffer
Wilbur Kinnett
Gaffer
Buzz Feitshans
Production Executive
Ernest Anderson
Publicist
Trevor Williams
Art Direction
Karen Rasch
Production Secretary
Albert Sendrey
Orchestrator
Sandy Siegel
Other
Alex Tavoularis
Other
Lynda Gordon
Other
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