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