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The Harder They Fall
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by Sony Pictures
Sales Rank: 26549
Price: $24.95
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Humphrey Bogart's final screen role was in this 1956 film by Mark Robson (<I>Home of the Brave</I>), 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. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Viewer Reviews
Not bad, The Harder They Fall was the last film starring legendary actor Humphrey Bogart. Its a tale of corruption and greed in the sports and entertainment business, Humphrey Bogart stars as Eddie Willis a sports writer who is drawn into the ring of corruption when he agrees to promote an unknown fighter from South America named Toro Moreno (Mike Lane) who despite his huge size is a lousy fighter who cannot box but soon becomes heavy weight champion of the world allegedly through fixed fights. Beyond the obvious corruption in the fight game as the movie clearly depicts, the film is also about the danger of selling out doing something you know is wrong for money. Unfortunately Eddie Willis desperately needs the money since hes out of luck, there is also a fantastic performance by Rod Stieger as the crooked manager who was quite intense and likes to steal as much money from El Toro as he uses him as a cash cow. Humphrey Bogart is terrific as always and shows of his acting skills along with the great cast, he of course had some better films like Casablanca, The Treasure Of The Seirra Madre, The Big Sleep ect. but this film was still pretty good compared to those I would say that it holds up quite well. The film was nicely directed by Mark Robson and was released in 1956 with beautifully shot fight scenes and a fantastic score along with some great b/w cinematography, this of course being the last Bogart film is very essential to Bogart fans and fans of classic cinema.
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