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The Harder They Fall is a 1956 American boxing film noir directed by Mark Robson, produced and written by Philip Yordan, based on Budd Schulberg's 1947 novel. It was Humphrey Bogart's final film role. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Black and White, for Burnett Guffey at the 29th Academy Awards.
- $1,350,000 (US)
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Philip Yordan
The Harder They Fall: Directed by Mark Robson. With Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane. An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
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- Mark Robson
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 ...
Notorious outlaw Nat Love learns that his most fearsome rival, Rufus Buck, has been set free from prison, pushing Love to seek out his former allies to embark on a bloodlust-fueled revenge plot ...
- Jeymes Samuel
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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 ...
Dec 8, 2008 · Several boxers play small roles in The Harder They Fall, a 1956 noir from Columbia Pictures, but none makes a more vivid impression than Joe Greb, a prizefighter of the 1930s era who appears in a film-within-a-film shown by sportscaster named Art Leavitt to the main character, Eddie Willis, a journalist caught up in a sleazy scheme to make money off a pugilist so incompetent that he couldn't ...
