The Harder They Fall
1956 • Drama
Mark Robson
Director
Status
Released
Release date
May 8, 1956
Duration
109 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.7005
Budget
$0
Revenue
$1,350,000
Overview
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
Cast
Humphrey Bogart
Rod Steiger
Jan Sterling
Mike Lane
Max Baer
Jersey Joe Walcott
Edward Andrews
Harold J. Stone
Carlos Montalbán
Nehemiah Persoff
Felice Orlandi
Herbie Faye
Rusty Lane
Jack Albertson
Paul Frees
William Henry
Frank McLure
William H. O'Brien
Arthur Tovey
Joanne Arnold
Val Avery
Bill Baldwin
Walter Baldwin
Tony Blankley
Marian Carr
Steve Carruthers
Tina Carver
George Cisar
Lillian Culver
Patricia Dane
Elaine Edwards
Matty Fain
Adolph Faylauer
Abel Fernandez
Robert Fuller
Eddie Garr
Everett Glass
Michael Granger
Frank Hagney
Charles Horvath
Roy Jenson
Don Kelly
Kenner G. Kemp
Peter Leeds
Harry Lewis
Joseph Mell
Mort Mills
Frank Mitchell
Sol Murgi
Stafford Repp
William Roerick
Sandy Sanders
Cosmo Sardo
Carl Sklover
Angela Stevens
Charles Tannen
Ferris Taylor
Dennis Moore
