The Harder They Fall (1956)

The Harder They Fall
4.3
  •   6
  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 109 min
  • Premiere: 8th of May 1956

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.

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Cast

Marian Carr
as Alice (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart
as Eddie Willis
Robert Fuller
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Nehemiah Persoff
as Leo
Don Kelly
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Rod Steiger
as Nick Benko
Frank McLure
as Reporter at Hospital (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
as Referee (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Fighter (uncredited)
Jack Albertson
as Pop
Mort Mills
as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
Stafford Repp
as Reporter (uncredited)
Max Baer
as Buddy Brannen
Paul Frees
as Priest (uncredited)
Sandy Sanders
as Reporter (uncredited)
Val Avery
as Frank (uncredited)
Harold J. Stone
as Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
Edward Andrews
as Jim Weyerhause
Bert Stevens
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
as Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Jan Sterling
as Beth Willis
Felice Orlandi
as Vince Fawcett
Arthur Tovey
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Referee (uncredited)
Elaine Edwards
as Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Peter Leeds
as Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
as Reporter (uncredited)
William Henry
as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
as Reporter (uncredited)
George Cisar
as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Mike Lane
as Toro Moreno
Walter Baldwin
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Rusty Lane
as Danny McKeogh
Adolph Faylauer
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Herbie Faye
as Max

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