The Harder They Fall
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Features Humphrey Bogart as the down-and-out sports columnist who accepts a job with a crooked boxing promoter, finds himself caught between the need for a job and his natural desire to protect the naive boxer who is the pawn in the racket.
Sportswriter Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) is broke after the newspaper he works for goes under. He is hired by crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to publicize his new boxer, a huge, but slow-witted and untalented Argentinian named Toro Moreno. After a short time, Benko gets Toro into a match against Gus Dundee (Pat Comiskey), the ex-heavyweight champ, before the title fight against Buddy Brannen (Max Baer) Dundee ends up collapsing in the ring and later dies of a brain hemorrhage in the hospital
Sportswriter Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) is broke after the newspaper he works for goes under. He is hired by crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to publicize his new boxer, a huge, but slow-witted and untalented Argentinian named Toro Moreno. After a short time, Benko gets Toro into a match against Gus Dundee (Pat Comiskey), the ex-heavyweight champ, before the title fight against Buddy Brannen (Max Baer) Dundee ends up collapsing in the ring and later dies of a brain hemorrhage in the hospital
Credits
- Robson, Mark, 1913-1978.
- Schulberg, Budd.
- Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957.
- Cast
- Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling
Complete catalog record
Features Humphrey Bogart as the down-and-out sports columnist who accepts a job with a crooked boxing promoter, finds himself caught between the need for a job and his natural desire to protect the naive boxer who is the pawn in the racket. , THE HARDER THEY FALL. Columbia Pictures Corp. 12 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a novel by Budd Schulberg. © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 20Mar56; LP6097.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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