Release Date

08 May, 1956

Runtime

01:49: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

No Punches Pulled! If you thought "On The Waterfront" hit hard... wait till you see this one!

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.

Original Title

The Harder They Fall

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Actors

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

Bert Stevens

Arthur Tovey

Brandon Beach

Crew

Mark Robson

Budd Schulberg

Philip Yordan

Philip Yordan

Hugo Friedhofer

Burnett Guffey

Jerome Thoms

Jerry Wald

William Flannery

William Kiernan

Alfred E. Spencer

Clay Campbell

Helen Hunt

Lambert E. Day