Always enjoyed this movie, too. I especially like Coburn as Speed. He was just so oily. -- AlSaw this pretty good movie starring Charles Bronson as a prizefighter, with James Coburn as his minder. It also starred Jill Ireland (Bronson's wife) in a forgettable role. The movie was exactly as I remembered it, but then it was only made in 1975, not that long ago...
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Just watched this and was struck by mortality as a result. Although made in 1975, most of the main cast has passed on. Bronson, Coburn, Ireland, Martin, the majors, are all gone. Of the faces one might recognize, only Michael McGuire (Chick Gandil), Bruce Glover (Doty), and Nick Dmitri (Street, the Chicago fighter) are currently alive. Felice Orlandi (Le Beau), Robert Tessier (Jim Henry, Gandil's tough bald-headed fighter), and Ed Walsh (Pettibon, the head Cajun) have all passed on as well. It is a very good, though underated film. Bronson is simply at his best and Coburn is superb as well. Strother Martin as Poe almost steals the show for me. He has three lines that are just superb, "Steady on, Speed. These boys are not refined." Followed by "Somebody always brings a gun." Earlier in the film, while being interviewed by Chaney for cut man, Poe says in relation to his medical school failure and opium addiction, "Some are born to fail, others have failure thrust upon them." Some of the best lines in the whole film. Great writing, acting, and atmosphere. -- Al