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