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Movie / The Harder They Fall (1956)
The Harder They Fall
Drama

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.

1956-05-08
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Cast
Director
Mark Robson
Humphrey Bogart as Eddie Willis
Rod Steiger as Nick Benko
Jan Sterling as Beth Willis
Mike Lane as Toro Moreno
Max Baer as Buddy Brannen
Jersey Joe Walcott as George
Edward Andrews as Jim Weyerhause
Harold J. Stone as Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
Carlos Montalbán as Luís Agrandi
Nehemiah Persoff as Leo
Felice Orlandi as Vince Fawcett
Herbie Faye as Max
Rusty Lane as Danny McKeogh
Jack Albertson as Pop
Paul Frees as Priest (uncredited)
William Henry as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Frank McLure as Reporter at Hospital (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien as Ringsider (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Joanne Arnold as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Val Avery as Frank (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin as Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Tony Blankley as Benko Son (uncredited)
Marian Carr as Alice (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers as Reporter (uncredited)
Tina Carver as Mrs. Benko (uncredited)
George Cisar as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Lillian Culver as Mrs. Wilson Harding (uncredited)
Patricia Dane as Shirley (uncredited)
Elaine Edwards as Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Matty Fain as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Abel Fernandez as Chief Firebird (uncredited)
Robert Fuller as Minor Role (uncredited)
Eddie Garr as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Everett Glass as Minister (uncredited)
Michael Granger as Gus Dundee's Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Hagney as Referee (uncredited)
Charles Horvath as Fighter (uncredited)
Roy Jenson as Fighter (uncredited)
Don Kelly as Minor Role (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Man at Contract Signing (uncredited)
Peter Leeds as Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Harry Lewis as New York Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Mathew McCue as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Mell as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Mort Mills as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell as Dundee Referee (uncredited)
Sol Murgi as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Stafford Repp as Reporter (uncredited)
William Roerick as Mrs. Harding's Lawyer (uncredited)
Sandy Sanders as Reporter (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Carl Sklover as Referee (uncredited)
Angela Stevens as Girl (uncredited)
Charles Tannen as Reporter (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor as House Doctor - Chicago (uncredited)
Dennis Moore as Reporter (uncredited)