The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
Release: 1956-05-08
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 7.1
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Peter Leeds
as Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Max Baer
as Buddy Brannen
Jan Sterling
as Beth Willis
Rod Steiger
as Nick Benko
Adolph Faylauer
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Sandy Sanders
as Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Referee (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Reporter at Hospital (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
as Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
as Referee (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
as House Doctor - Chicago (uncredited)
Herbie Faye
as Max
Robert Fuller
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
as Dundee Referee (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
William Henry
as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Angela Stevens
as Girl (uncredited)
Tina Carver
as Mrs. Benko (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Fighter (uncredited)
Everett Glass
as Minister (uncredited)
Mike Lane
as Toro Moreno
Harold J. Stone
as Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
Rusty Lane
as Danny McKeogh
Bert Stevens
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Marian Carr
as Alice (uncredited)
George Cisar
as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Matty Fain
as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Carlos Montalbán
as Luís Agrandi
Nehemiah Persoff
as Leo
Edward Andrews
as Jim Weyerhause
Tony Blankley
as Benko Son (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
as Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
as New York Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Stafford Repp
as Reporter (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Abel Fernandez
as Chief Firebird (uncredited)
Mort Mills
as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Man at Contract Signing (uncredited)
Felice Orlandi
as Vince Fawcett
Walter Baldwin
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Jack Albertson
as Pop
Val Avery
as Frank (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
as Reporter (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart
as Eddie Willis
William H. O'Brien
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Elaine Edwards
as Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Michael Granger
as Gus Dundee's Doctor (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
as Reporter (uncredited)
Patricia Dane
as Shirley (uncredited)
Eddie Garr
as Fight Manager (uncredited)
Joanne Arnold
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Priest (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
as Mrs. Wilson Harding (uncredited)
Don Kelly
as Minor Role (uncredited)
