The Harder They Fall
by Mark Robson
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Actor: Humphrey Bogart, Jan Sterling, Max Baer, Mike Lane, Rod SteigerDirector: Mark Robson
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Harder They Fall
Movie Review: Bogie Could Still Carry A Film
Summary: 4 Stars
This was an interesting story but not always enjoyable to watch, simply because it's a real downer in spots, and seeing a very ill Humphrey Bogart was sad.
Bogart, as "Eddie Willis," plays a decent guy who knows he's doing the wrong thing so he's ornery for most of the film. His conscience is getting the best of him. Not many others in here are happy, either, for that matter, in this tale of crooked boxing. Boy, filmmakers in the '40s and '50s loved making crooked boxing stories.
What's also different about this is the featured boxer: a 6-foot-8 Argentinian import named "Toro Moreno" (Mike Lane), a stiff who is being groomed for the heavyweight championship via a series of fixed fights, led by the crooked promoter played by Rod Steiger.
Along the way, it was interesting to see real-life fighters Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott.
Bogart died of cancer a little over a year after making this film. He looked haggard, which is understandable, but he still did his normal excellent job of acting and keeping the story interesting. Like him or not, Bogart always got your interest.
Overall, it's a decent boxing film, but nothing spectacular, to be honest. There are many, many better boxing movies, but this is still worth watching.
Summary of The Harder They Fall
Humphrey Bogart's final screen role was in this 1956 film by Mark Robson (Home of the Brave), about a cynical sportswriter who becomes a press agent and sees firsthand how badly boxers are used and manipulated by crooked managers. The story finds Bogart's character waffling about the ethics surrounding the exploitation of an overrated fighter who will earn money for his handlers in the short term, then be tossed onto the scrap heap. This is a very tough tale written by Budd Schulberg and shot with determined unromanticism; the boxing sequences are among the most striking and violent ever committed to film. Jan Sterling plays Bogart's wife, who watches him vacillate about whether to expose the fight syndicate as a racket. --Tom KeoghDrama DVD Video
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