Directed by:
Mark RobsonScreenplay:
Philip YordanCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
Hugo FriedhoferCast:
Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Max Baer, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Felice Orlandi, Jack Albertson, Robert Fuller (more)Plots(1)
Humphrey Bogart stars in one of his most memorable performances as Eddie Willis, a sportswriter who joins forces with a corrupt boxing promoter named Benko (Rod Steiger). Together, they scheme to deceive Toro Moreno (Mike Lane), a clumsy, seven-foot giant, and the public intobelieving Moreno has a shot at the heavyweight title. Through a carefully arranged series of fixed fights, Toro is duped into believing that he is a capable contender, only to have his dreams - and his huge body - shattered when he is brutally beaten in a genuine fight with the heavyweight champion. Jersey Joe Walcott appears as Moreno's trainer, with former boxing great Max Baer as the heavyweight champ. The Harder They Fall is an intriguing film in the tradition of Bogart classics. (Columbia TriStar UK)
(more)Cast
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Casablanca (1942)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Rod Steiger
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Longest Day (1962)
Jan Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Caged (1950)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Max Baer
USA
Best movies:
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Africa Screams (1949)
Edward Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Avanti! (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Harold J. Stone
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Nehemiah Persoff
Israel
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Felice Orlandi
Italy
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Jack Albertson
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Robert Fuller
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Spartacus (1960)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Mike Lane
USA
Best movies:
The Harder They Fall (1956)
The New Centurions (1972)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Marian Carr
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Val Avery
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roy Jenson
Canada
Best movies:
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Graduate (1967)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Mort Mills
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Dennis Moore
USA
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)