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The Harder They Fall

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Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The pen is mightier than the boxing glove. 25 Nov 2010

By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER

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Eddie Willis was once a top sports writer, but now he is down on his luck and searching for work. He gets a proposition from dodgy promoter Nick Benko, he is to write up sensationalist press for Benko's new discovery, the gigantic Toro Moreno. Trouble is is that Moreno is a poor boxer, powder puff punches and a glass jaw. But each fight is fixed by Benko and along with Eddie's press writings, this propels Moreno to being a household name, thus a crack at the heavyweight title is in the offering. However, Eddie starts to feel conflicted the more the story unfolds and just around the corner is a tragedy that will shape the destinies of everyone who is involved.

This was sadly to be the last film from the great Humphrey Bogart. He would pass away the following year, but thankfully this Mark Robson directed piece proves to be a fitting swansong. He puts depth to his portrayal of Willis and his face off scenes with Rod Steiger's Benko are a real acting joy to observe. The film itself {great scripting from Phillip Yordan} is a scathing and critical look at the boxing circuit, corruption, greed and a scant care for human life come bubbling to the surface, with Burnett Guffey's stark black & white photography adding grime to the nasty underbelly. Real life {and one time heavyweight champion of the world} boxer Primo Carnera sued {and lost} Columbia because The Harder They Fall's story was close enough to his own life story, that in itself makes this film's core story all the more interesting. 8/10

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Harder they Fall 9 May 2009

By Mr. G. Dearden

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A film I've seen before, but wanted to see again. Two superb actors, Bogart and Steiger make it a classic, revealing professional boxing as a dirty game.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bogart's last film 10 April 2004

By websurfer

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This 1956 picture was screen legend Humprhey Bogart's last. Playing a sports journalist Bogart watches the rise and fall of a boxfigther used by unscrepoulous managers and promoters.
Humphrey Bogart plays a great caracther in this picture, very much in the mold of his famous screen persona, but this time with a gentelness that was not always so obvious in other pictures.
Filmed in widescreen with b/w photography, the dvd presents a good copy of the film with lots of subtitles.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Bigger they are.......

Primo Carnera, a giant heavyweight with nothing but his size to commend him, was naturally upset to discover that a film, loosely based on his career, had been presented to the... Read more

Published 17 days ago by lycidas

3.0 out of 5 stars Tired Bogey

About corruption in boxing and how corruption in journalism helps it along. Weary performance from HB, not surprising really since he died soon after this was made, of cancer. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Kilrymont

4.0 out of 5 stars Last hurrah

Last Humphrey film and its on of his. It's about corruption in boxing basically. I didn't think this be any good but I was wrong.

Published 2 months ago by J. Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars The bigger they come- the harder they fall

I am a fan of film noir. They all seem to have been made in the late forties and early fifties.This is a late one at 1956. Read more

Published on 6 May 2009 by Peter Wade

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