Your rating
Play trailer
71
TMDB
141
-
V&R
0
Favorites
Watchlist
The Harder They Fall
1956, May 08
1h 49m
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.
Directed by
Mark Robson
Nehemiah Persoff
Leo
Harold J. Stone
Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
Robert Fuller
Minor Role (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart
Eddie Willis
Rod Steiger
Nick Benko
Roy Jenson
Fighter (uncredited)
Mort Mills
Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
Peter Leeds
Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Jack Albertson
Pop
Paul Frees
Priest (uncredited)
Edward Andrews
Jim Weyerhause
William Henry
Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Val Avery
Frank (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Referee (uncredited)
Felice Orlandi
Vince Fawcett
Herbie Faye
Max
Stafford Repp
Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
New York Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Mike Lane
Toro Moreno
George Cisar
Fight Manager (uncredited)
Max Baer
Buddy Brannen
Carlos Montalbán
Luís Agrandi
Elaine Edwards
Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Jan Sterling
Beth Willis
Bert Stevens
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Man at Contract Signing (uncredited)
Don Kelly
Minor Role (uncredited)
Patricia Dane
Shirley (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Reporter (uncredited)
Rusty Lane
Danny McKeogh
Marian Carr
Alice (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Ringsider (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Minister (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Reporter (uncredited)
Tina Carver
Mrs. Benko (uncredited)
Michael Granger
Gus Dundee's Doctor (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Reporter at Hospital (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Abel Fernandez
Chief Firebird (uncredited)
Matty Fain
Fight Manager (uncredited)
Sandy Sanders
Reporter (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Referee (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
House Doctor - Chicago (uncredited)
Angela Stevens
Girl (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Mrs. Wilson Harding (uncredited)
Joanne Arnold
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Eddie Garr
Fight Manager (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
Dundee Referee (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Tony Blankley
Benko Son (uncredited)
Jersey Joe Walcott
George
Brandon Beach
Party Guest (uncredited)
Al Baffert
Fighter (uncredited)
Emily Belser
New York Reporter (uncredited)
Julie Benedic
Statuesque Blonde (uncredited)
Phil Berger
Boxer Kayoed in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Eve Bernhardt
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Penny Carpenter
Benko Daughter (uncredited)
Edwin Chandler
Chicago Television Announcer (uncredited)
Winnie Chandler
Fight Fan (uncredited)
George Chester
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Pat Comiskey
Gus Dundee (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Reporter (uncredited)
Vinnie De Carlo
Joey (uncredited)
Gil Frye
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ralph Gamble
Reporter (uncredited)
Tommy Garland
Fighter (uncredited)
Charlie Gibbs
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bennie Goldberg
San Diego Referee (uncredited)
Mickey Golden
Cornerman (uncredited)
Dorothy Gordon
Las Vegas Showgirl (uncredited)
Joe Greb
Joey Greb - Fighter (uncredited)
Tommy Herman
Tommy (uncredited)
Joe Herrera
Referee (uncredited)
Vic Holbrook
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Tex Holden
Usher (uncredited)
Bob Hopkins
San Diego Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Fighter (uncredited)
Don Kohler
Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Manager (uncredited)
Pat Lawler
Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Larry Leverett
Reporter (uncredited)
Mark Lowell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Irving Mitchell
House Doctor - New York (uncredited)
Diana Mumby
Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Matt Murphy
Sailor Rigazzo (uncredited)
Richard Norris
Reporter (uncredited)
Jimmy O'Gatty
Milk Fund Referee (uncredited)
Ted Pavelec
Fighter (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Alan Reynolds
Reporter (uncredited)
Eli Rill
Minor Role (uncredited)
Joanne Rio
Las Vegas Showgirl (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
William Roerick
Mrs. Harding's Lawyer (uncredited)
Jack Roper
Fighter (uncredited)
Wally Rose
Salinas Referee (uncredited)
Abe Roth
Referee (uncredited)
Fred Scheiwiller
Fighter (uncredited)
Mark Scott
Reporter (uncredited)
Gene Smith
Minor Role (uncredited)
J. Lewis Smith
Brannen's Manager (uncredited)
Pat Valentino
Milk Fund Fighter (uncredited)
Bennie Washington
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Russ Whiteman
Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Whitney
Reporter (uncredited)
Ulysses Williams
Boxer Being Knocked Out in Salinas (uncredited)
James Wilson
Oklahoma Referee (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
0