The Harder They Fall
No Punches Pulled! If you thought "On The Waterfront" hit hard... wait till you see this one!
- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- boxer
- pride
- boxing
- corrupt system
- press agent
- tall man
- fixed fight
- broken jaw
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 8, 1956
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- Matty Fain,Abel Fernandez,Joseph La Cava,Al Baffert,Elaine Edwards,Jersey Joe Walcott,Robert Robinson,Herbie Faye,Vic Holbrook,Abe Rothand 110 more
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Writer
- Philip Yordan,Budd Schulberg
- Producer
- Philip Yordan,Jerry Wald
- Cinematography
- Burnett Guffey
- Music
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $1,350,000
- IMDb
- tt0049291