No this is hardly a genuine classic film. The performances are decent, but nothing special.  Still, this is one of those films; you just want to see again. Charles Bronson plays a drifter, down on his luck with one marketable talent.  He's a great bare-knuckle fighter who needs to earn a few bucks to live on for a while.  Nothing is ever explained who he really is, or how he became such a good fighter.  His explanation to his new found promoter (played with some flair by James Coburn) is that fighting is something he's doing just for a while.