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The Harder They Fall
Directed by
Mark Robson
Not Rated
1956
1h 49m
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7.5
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An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
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Cast of 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, TV sportscaster
Carlos Montalbán
Luís Agrandi
Nehemiah Persoff
Leo
Felice Orlandi
Vince Fawcett
Herbie Faye
Max
Rusty Lane
Danny McKeogh
Jack Albertson
Pop
Paul Frees
Priest (uncredited)
William Henry
Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Reporter at Hospital (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Ringsider (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joanne Arnold
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Val Avery
Frank (uncredited)
Al Baffert
Fighter (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Boxing fan at Dundee fight (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 (uncredited)
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)
Gil Frye
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Fuller
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ralph Gamble
Reporter (uncredited)
Tommy Garland
Fighter (uncredited)
Eddie Garr
Fight Manager (uncredited)
Charlie Gibbs
Minor Role (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Minister (uncredited)
Bennie 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 (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Referee (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Party Guest (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)
Mark Lowell
Minor Role (uncredited)
William Marks
Minor Role (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)
Diana Mumby
Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Matt Murphy
Sailor Rigazzo (uncredited)
Richard Norris
Reporter (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)
Hal Taggart
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Reporter (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
House Doctor - Chicago (uncredited)
Pat Valentino
Milk Fund Fighter (uncredited)
Bennie Washington
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Russ Whiteman
Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Whitney
Reporter (uncredited)
Ulysses Williams
Boxer Being Knocked Out in Salinas (uncredited)
James Wilson
Oklahoma Referee (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Reporter (uncredited)
Mark Robson
Director
Philip Yordan
Writer / Producer
Budd Schulberg
Writer
The Harder They Fall Ratings & Reviews
Mister Arn
May 14, 2025
This more than a movie about boxing corruption, it's also about the corruption of a person's soul. Eddie Willis is an decent man down on his luck looking to make a big score. He keeps providing self justifications as he get in deeper and deeper. Because we know what's going to happen the boxer, the question is can Willis go all the way?
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Packs the ambient violence of a sports world and a media scene that are infested with gangsters; it's an exposé not just of boxing but of the American way of business.
Film Culture
George N. Fenin
Robson and Yordan have fulfilled their aesthetic objectives, making The Harder They Fall one of the most honest American films in recent years. But in accordance with the limitation of their vision, they only scratched the corrupted crust of [boxing].
Shin Nichibei/New Japanese American News
Hoshi Soffen
A lousy racket lurking around some of the prize fighting arenas of the country is being depicted in one of the most gripping films to come out of Hollywood crucible.
NewsBlaze
Prairie Miller
Honored as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute, the late iconic Humphrey Bogart is now similarly memorialized with the re-release of this screen classic compilation.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
In this noir sports melodrama, which is his final screen role, Bogart gives a powerful performance.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
This hard-punching boxing-business picture... comes out swinging from the very beginning and doesn't stop until just before the end.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fairly gritty and potent for its time, director Mark Robson (The Seventh Victim) delivers some terrifically brutal fight footage.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The unwell Bogie's last film is not a knockout, but his hard-hitting performance is terrific.
Apollo Guide
Ryan Cracknell
Even in a film where everyone seems to end up a loser, Humphrey Bogart finishes his career with a solid Bogie performance.
Reno Gazette-Journal
Forrest Hartman
Both [Rod] Steiger and [Humphrey] Bogart deliver outstanding performances, and director Mark Robson (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls) paces the action deftly.
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