The Harder They Fall

Sportswriter Eddie Willis, broke after the newspaper he works for goes under, is hired as a PR man by boxing promoter Nick Benko. Nick has recruited Toro Moreno, a towering Argentinian. Despite Toro's lack of fighting ability, Nick plans to use his size as a gimmick to draw fans to his fights. Unbeknownst to Toro and his manager, Luís Agrandi, all of his fights are fixed to make the public believe that he is a talented boxer.

MPAA Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, Film Noir, Sports, Thriller
Country:United States
Produced By:Philip Yordan, Jerry Wald
Directed By:Mark Robson
Written By:Philip Yordan, Budd Schulberg
Cast:Ferris Taylor, Vinnie De Carlo, Penny Carpenter, Jimmy O'Gatty, Stafford Repp, Everett Glass, Jack Albertson, Paul Frees, Fred Rapport, Murray Pollack, Harold J. Stone, Dorothy Gordon, Mort Mills, J. Lewis Smith, Matty Fain, Ted Pavelec, Ralph Gamble, Pat Comiskey, Lillian Culver, Julie Benedic, Bennie Washington, Mark Scott, Peter Leeds, Ulysses Williams, Joseph Mell, Charles Horvath, Wally Rose, Mike Lane, Angela Stevens, Jan Sterling, Joanne Rio, Roy Jenson, Alan Reynolds, Michael Granger, Bert Stevens, Benny Goldberg, Bob Hopkins, George Cisar, Val Avery, Felice Orlandi, Emily Belser, Brandon Beach, James Wilson, Gloria Victor, Eli Rill, William H. O'Brien, Steve Carruthers, Adolph Faylauer, Don Kohler, Diana Mumby, Robert Robinson, Charles Tannen, Bob Whitney, William Henry, Abel Fernandez, Eve Bernhardt, Herbie Faye, William Roerick, Jersey Joe Walcott, Carlos Montalbán, Charles Gibb, Frank Hagney, Robert Lowell, Dennis Moore, Harry Lewis, Rod Steiger, Pat Valentino, Rusty Lane, Al Baffert, Jack Roper, Pat Lawler, Carl Sklover, Bill Baldwin, Edwin Chandler, Max Baer, Russ Whiteman, Arthur Tovey, Cosmo Sardo, Hal Taggart, Winnie Chandler, Joseph La Cava, Edward Andrews, Irving Mitchell, Jack Daly, William Marks, Don Kelly, Tex Holden, Eddie Garr, Tony Blankley, George Chester, Fred Scheiwiller, Robert Fuller, Matt Murphy, Sol Murgi, Humphrey Bogart, Kenner G. Kemp, Stuart Hall, Larry Leverett, Patricia Dane, Gene Smith, Gil Frye, Sam Harris, Tommy Garland, Marian Carr, Mickey Golden, Joe Herrera, Mathew McCue, Tina Carver, Richard Norris, Frank McLure, Sandy Sanders, Nehemiah Persoff, Elaine Edwards
In Theaters:May 08, 1956
Runtime:1 hour 49 minutes
Production:Columbia Pictures
Box Office:$1,350,000
Available On:Amazon, Vudu
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