The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall 1956

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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.

  • Released: 1956-05-09
  • Runtime: 109 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott, Harold J. Stone, Carlos Montalbán, Nehemiah Persoff, Felice Orlandi, Herbie Faye, Rusty Lane, Jack Albertson, Paul Frees, Frank McLure, William H. O'Brien, Arthur Tovey, Brandon Beach, Vic Holbrook, Tex Holden, Bob Hopkins  Show all >
    Charles Horvath, Kenner G. Kemp, Don Kohler, Joseph La Cava, Pat Lawler, Peter Leeds, Larry Leverett, Val Avery, Al Baffert, Walter Baldwin, Emily Belser, Julie Benedic, Phil Berger, Eve Bernhardt, Tony Blankley, Penny Carpenter, Marian Carr, Steve Carruthers, Tina Carver, Edwin Chandler, Winnie Chandler, George Chester, George Cisar, Pat Comiskey, Lillian Culver, Jack Daly, Patricia Dane, Vinnie De Carlo, Matty Fain, Adolph Faylauer, Abel Fernandez, Gil Frye, Robert Fuller, Ralph Gamble, Tommy Garland, Eddie Garr, Charlie Gibbs, Everett Glass, Bennie Goldberg, Mickey Golden, Michael Granger, Joe Greb, Frank Hagney, Tommy Herman, Mark Lowell, Mathew McCue, Joseph Mell, Mort Mills, Frank Mitchell, Irving Mitchell, Diana Mumby, Sol Murgi, Jimmy O'Gatty, Ted Pavelec, Murray Pollack, Fred Rapport, Stafford Repp, Eli Rill, Joanne Rio, William Roerick, Jack Roper, Wally Rose, Abe Roth, Sandy Sanders, Cosmo Sardo, Fred Scheiwiller, Carl Sklover, Gene Smith, J. Lewis Smith, Hal Taggart, Charles Tannen, Ferris Taylor, Pat Valentino, Bennie Washington, Russ Whiteman, Bob Whitney, Ulysses Williams, William Marks, Richard Norris, Harry Lewis, Joanne Arnold, Angela Stevens, Bert Stevens, Edward Andrews, Elaine Edwards, Bill Baldwin, Robert Robinson, Roy Jenson, Mark Scott, William Henry, Stuart Hall, Mike Lane, Don Kelly, Alan Reynolds, Sam Harris, Dennis Moore
  • Director: Mark Robson