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The Harder They Fall is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mark Robson released in USA on 9 may 1956 with Humphrey Bogart
The Harder They Fall (1956)
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Add to a movie listThe Harder They Fall is a 1956 film noir directed by Mark Robson, featuring Humphrey Bogart in his last film. It was written by Philip Yordan and based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Budd Schulberg.
The drama tells a "thinly disguised à clef account of the Primo Carnera boxing scandal," with the challenger based on Carnera and the champ based on Max Baer; previously both Baer and Carnera had starred in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), in which Carnera is the world champ and Baer is his challenger. Bogart's character, Eddie Willis, is based on the career of boxing writer and event promoter Harold Conrad.
Synopsis
Sportswriter Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) is broke after the newspaper he works for goes under. He is hired by crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to publicize his new boxer, a huge, but slow-witted and untalented Argentinian named Toro Moreno (Mike Lane).Actors
Humphrey Bogart
(Eddie Willis)
Rod Steiger
(Nick Benko)
Jan Sterling
(Beth Willis)
Max Baer Jr.
Mike Lane
(Toro Moreno)
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