The Harder They Fall
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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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Harold J. Stone
Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
William Henry
Fight Arena Locker Room Guard
Herbie Faye
Max
Frank McLure
Reporter at Hospital
Jan Sterling
Beth Willis
William H. O'Brien
Ringsider
Carlos Montalbán
Luís Agrandi
Max Baer
Buddy Brannen
Humphrey Bogart
Eddie Willis
Edward Andrews
Jim Weyerhause
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