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== Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action ==
 
== Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action ==
The rival fight manager Pettibon ([[Edward Walsh]]) pulls a [[Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action]] when he refuses to give Speed ([[James Coburn]]) his winnings. When Speed sends Chaney ([[Charles Bronson]]) to Pettibon's bar to retrieve the money, he takes the revolver and fires at least 8 shots from it, although a .44 double action can only hold 6 shots. The revolver is not a Smith and Wesson Schofield as previously thought as the revolver appears to be smaller and the hammer matches that of a .44 double action. The Schofield latch is also missing from this revolver showing that it is not even a Schofield.
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The rival fight manager Pettibon ([[Edward Walsh]]) pulls a [[Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action]] when he refuses to give Speed ([[James Coburn]]) his winnings. When Speed sends Chaney ([[Charles Bronson]]) to Pettibon's bar to retrieve the money, he takes the revolver and fires at least 8 shots from it, although a .44 double action can only hold 6 shots. The revolver is not a Smith and Wesson Schofield as previously thought as the revolver appears to be smaller and the hammer matches that of a .44 double action. The Schofield latch is also missing from this revolver confirming that it is not even a Schofield.
 
[[Image:Sw44da.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action - .44 Russian]]
 
[[Image:Sw44da.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action - .44 Russian]]
 
[[Image:Hard times schofield 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Pettibon's men flashes the 44 Russian Smith and Wesson]]
 
[[Image:Hard times schofield 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Pettibon's men flashes the 44 Russian Smith and Wesson]]

Revision as of 18:06, 14 March 2019



Hard Times
Hard Times poster.jpg
Theatrical Poster
Country Flag of the United States.jpg USA
Directed by Walter Hill
Release Date 1975
Language English
Distributor Columbia Pictures
Main Cast
Character Actor
Chaney Charles Bronson
Spencer "Speed" Weed James Coburn
Poe Strother Martin
Lucy Simpson Jill Ireland


Hard Times (also known as The Streetfighter) is a drama set in Depression era New Orleans, starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter who arrives in the city and discovers an underground world of street fighters. He meets Speed (James Coburn), and enters the world, and is an instant hit. But many factors differ him the top. It was the first film directed by Walter Hill and was also written by him.



Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action

The rival fight manager Pettibon (Edward Walsh) pulls a Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action when he refuses to give Speed (James Coburn) his winnings. When Speed sends Chaney (Charles Bronson) to Pettibon's bar to retrieve the money, he takes the revolver and fires at least 8 shots from it, although a .44 double action can only hold 6 shots. The revolver is not a Smith and Wesson Schofield as previously thought as the revolver appears to be smaller and the hammer matches that of a .44 double action. The Schofield latch is also missing from this revolver confirming that it is not even a Schofield.

Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action - .44 Russian
One of Pettibon's men flashes the 44 Russian Smith and Wesson
After Chaney takes the 44 double action at Pettibon's bar, he aims
Chaney fires

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