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The Harder They Fall

Year:

1956

Duration:

109 min

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Sport | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Mark Robson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1956-05-08

Filming Locations: FDR Drive and Houston Street, Manhattan, New York, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Carlos Montalbán

The Harder They Fall

Humphrey Bogart

Eddie Willis

Rod Steiger

Nick Benko

Jan Sterling

Beth Willis

Mike Lane

Toro Moreno

Max Baer

Buddy Brannen

Jersey Joe Walcott

George

Edward Andrews

Jim Weyerhause

Harold J. Stone

Art Leavitt

Nehemiah Persoff

Leo

Felice Orlandi

Vince Fawcett

Herbie Faye

Max

Rusty Lane

Danny McKeogh

Jack Albertson

Pop

Edward Astran

Reporter (uncredited)

Val Avery

Frank (uncredited)

Al Baffert

Fighter (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Party Guest (uncredited)

Emily Belser

New York Reporter (uncredited)

Julie Benedic

Statuesque Blonde (uncredited)

Phil Berger

Boxer Kayoed in Bakersfield (uncredited)

Eve Bernhardt

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Tony Blankley

Benko Son (uncredited)

Penny Carpenter

Benko Daughter (uncredited)

Marian Carr

Alice (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Reporter (uncredited)

Tina Carver

Mrs. Benko (uncredited)

Edwin Chandler

Chicago Television Announcer (uncredited)

Winnie Chandler

Fight Fan (uncredited)

George Chester

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

George Cisar

Fight Manager (uncredited)

Pat Comiskey

Gus Dundee (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Mrs. Wilson Harding

Jack Daly

Reporter (uncredited)

Patricia Dane

Shirley (uncredited)

Vinnie De Carlo

Joey (uncredited)

Elaine Edwards

Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Matty Fain

Fight Manager (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Abel Fernandez

Chief Firebird (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Priest (uncredited)

Gil Frye

Minor Role (uncredited)

Robert Fuller

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ralph Gamble

Reporter (uncredited)

Tommy Garland

Fighter (uncredited)

Eddie Garr

Fight Manager (uncredited)

Charles Gibb

Minor Role (uncredited)

Everett Glass

Minister (uncredited)

Benny Goldberg

San Diego Referee (uncredited)

Mickey Golden

Cornerman (uncredited)

Dorothy Gordon

Las Vegas Showgirl (uncredited)

Michael Granger

Gus Dundee's Doctor (uncredited)

Joe Greb

Joey Greb - Fighter

Frank Hagney

Referee (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Party Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

William Henry

Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (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)

Roy Jenson

Fighter (uncredited)

Don Kelly

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Man at Contract Signing (uncredited)

Don Kohler

Reporter (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava

Manager (uncredited)

Pat Lawler

Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Peter Leeds

Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Larry Leverett

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Lewis

New York Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Robert Lowell

Minor Role (uncredited)

William Marks

Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank McClure

Reporter at Hospital (uncredited)

Mathew McCue

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Mort Mills

Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)

Frank Mitchell

Dundee Referee (uncredited)

Irving Mitchell

House Doctor - New York (uncredited)

Dennis Moore

Reporter (uncredited)

Diana Mumby

Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Sol Murgi

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Matt Murphy

Sailor Rigazzo (uncredited)

Richard Norris

Reporter (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Ringsider (uncredited)

Jimmy O'Gatty

Milk Fund Referee (uncredited)

Ted Pavelec

Fighter (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Rapport

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Stafford Repp

Reporter (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)

Sandy Sanders

Reporter (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Scheiwiller

Fighter (uncredited)

Mark Scott

Reporter (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Referee (uncredited)

Gene Smith

Minor Role (uncredited)

J. Lewis Smith

Brannen's Manager (uncredited)

Angela Stevens

Girl (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Reporter (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor

House Doctor - Chicago (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Pat Valentino

Milk Fund Fighter (uncredited)

Gloria Victor

Pretty Girl (uncredited)

Bennie Washington

Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Russ Whiteman

Reporter (uncredited)

Ulysses Williams

Boxer Being Knocked Out in Salinas (uncredited)

James Wilson

Oklahoma Referee (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

According to Hollywood urban legend, Bogart was so sick during filming that his voice had to be re-dubbed by an impersonator. In truth, though, the voice heard in the film is indeed Humphrey Bogart's own voice.

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Loosely based on the career of fighter Primo Carnera.

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Film debut of Mike Lane.

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Goofs

In the opening when Eddie hires a cab, initially it's a '55 Plymouth, in the next scene as they're driving off it's a '54 Ford.

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As Eddie crosses a row a seats on his way to sit down at the Dundee fight, the collar of his overcoat turns up and down.

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A TV sportscaster's man-on-the-street interview with a punch-drunk fighter filmed on location on Skid Row features multiple camera angles (long shot, middle shot and close-ups) - a technological luxury requiring three consecutively-rolling cameras no TV news station in the mid-Fifties could possibly have afforded.

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Quotes

Reporter: What gives, Eddie? I looked up Toro in the book. There's no record of him in South America. Eddie Willis: He knocked out thirty-eight guys in a row. None of them went over three rounds. You believe that one and I'll tell you another.

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Toro Moreno: I don't know, I don't know. What would people think of me?

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Nick Benko: The people, Eddie, the people! Don't tell me about the people, Eddie. The people sit in front of their little TVs with their bellies full of beer and fall asleep. What do the people know, Eddie? Don't tell me about the people, Eddie!

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