The Harder They Fall
- Released on
- Runtime
- 109 mins
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.
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
- Bert Stevens
- Arthur Tovey
- Brandon Beach
- Joanne Arnold
- Val Avery
- Al Baffert
- Bill Baldwin
- 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
- Elaine Edwards
- Matty Fain
- Adolph Faylauer
- Abel Fernandez
- Gil Frye
- Robert Fuller
- Ralph Gamble
- Tommy Garland
- Eddie Garr
- Charlie Gibbs
- Everett Glass
- Bennie Goldberg
- Mickey Golden
- Dorothy Gordon
- Michael Granger
- Joe Greb
- Frank Hagney
- Stuart Hall
- Tommy Herman
- Joe Herrera
- Vic Holbrook
- Tex Holden
- Bob Hopkins
- Charles Horvath
- Roy Jenson
- Don Kelly
- Kenner G. Kemp
- Don Kohler
- Joseph La Cava
- Pat Lawler
- Peter Leeds
- Larry Leverett
- Harry Lewis
- Mark Lowell
- William Marks
- Mathew McCue
- Joseph Mell
- Mort Mills
- Frank Mitchell
- Irving Mitchell
- Diana Mumby
- Sol Murgi
- Matt Murphy
- Richard Norris
- Jimmy O'Gatty
- Ted Pavelec
- Murray Pollack
- Fred Rapport
- Stafford Repp
- Alan Reynolds
- Eli Rill
- Joanne Rio
- Robert Robinson
- William Roerick
- Jack Roper
- Wally Rose
- Abe Roth
- Sandy Sanders
- Cosmo Sardo
- Fred Scheiwiller
- Mark Scott
- Carl Sklover
- Gene Smith
- J. Lewis Smith
- Angela Stevens
- Hal Taggart
- Charles Tannen
- Ferris Taylor
- Pat Valentino
- Bennie Washington
- Russ Whiteman
- Bob Whitney
- Ulysses Williams
- James Wilson
- Sam Harris
- Dennis Moore
Director
- Mark Robson
Producers
- Philip Yordan
Screenwriter
- Philip Yordan
