The Harder They Fall (1956)

Directed by Mark Robson. With Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane. Down-on-his-luck ex-sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by shady fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable phenom from Argentina.

Directed by Mark Robson. With Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane. Down-on-his-luck ex-sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by shady fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable phenom from Argentina.

The Harder They Fall is a 1956 boxing film noir directed by Mark Robson and based on Budd Schulberg's 1947 novel. It marked Humphrey Bogart's final film role.

This offering is one of the finest boxing films ever made, following a sportswriter who suffers a number of moral dilemmas as he agrees to promote a fixed fight. As the fight draws near, he realizes how the prize-fighting industry exploits their athletes.

Overview of The Harder They Fall, 1956, directed by Mark Robson, with Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, at Turner Classic Movies

A cynical press agent exposes inhuman conditions in the boxing game.

My Review ---A Wonderful Clash of Acting Styles--- Your Bogie Film Fix:       Director: Mark Robson The Lowdown An out of work sportswriter (Bogart) grows desperate enough for a paycheck that he takes a job from an underhanded boxing promoter (Rod Steiger) at the expense of his own integrity. What I Thought This…

An unemployed reporter promotes a fighter for syndicate, and through devious means gets him a title bout. Reporter, feeling remorse, does an expose on fight ...

"The Harder They Fall" was Humphrey Bogart's final movie, and something of a lost classic. The excoriating look at the underbelly and the unscrupulous wheelers and dealers behind the scene is part of the Noir film festival at the Music Box.

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.

Humphrey Bogart's final screen appearance as a cynical sportswriter involved in the boxing racket.

In his last film, “The Harder They Fall,” from 1956—not available on DVD—Humphrey Bogart, looking already tight with pain, plays a down-and-out …

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