The Harder They Fall

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.

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  Humphrey Bogart

  Eddie Willis
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  Rod Steiger

  Nick Benko
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  Jan Sterling

  Beth Willis
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  Mike Lane

  Toro Moreno
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  Max Baer

  Buddy Brannen
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  Jersey Joe Walcott

  George
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  Edward Andrews

  Jim Weyerhause
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  Harold J. Stone

  Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
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  Carlos Montalbán

  Luís Agrandi
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  Nehemiah Persoff

  Leo