The Harder They Fall

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In this noir sports melodrama, which is his final screen role, Bogart gives a powerful performance. Fairly gritty and potent for its time, director Mark Robson The Seventh Victim delivers some terrifically brutal fight footage.

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The unwell Bogie's last film is not a knockout, but his hard-hitting performance is terrific. Even in a film where everyone seems to end up a loser, Humphrey Bogart finishes his career with a solid Bogie performance. Bogart's last film has many flaws, but his performance is so great, it makes this a memorable film. The final chapter in Bogart's career is a fantastic one. This is a powerful study of corruption and manipulation, and one of the best crime-dramas I've seen from its era. Humphrey Bogart is terrific in the lead role. Not Bogart's greatest, but a sure sign that even in his later films, he could still project a presence that could command the screen.

Another chance for him to play the tough guy with a good heart. Steiger is a great jerk in this one. More Top Movies Trailers. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Black Panther Dominates Honorees.

The Harder They Fall

Trending on RT Avengers: The Harder They Fall Post Share on Facebook. Movie Info This offering is one of the finest boxing films ever made, following a sportswriter who suffers a number of moral dilemmas as he agrees to promote a fixed fight. As the fight draws near, he realizes how the prize-fighting industry exploits their athletes. Philip Yordan , Budd Schulberg. Humphrey Bogart as Eddie Willis. Rod Steiger as Nick Benko. Jan Sterling as Beth Willis. Edward Andrews as Jim Weyerhause.

Mike Lane as Toro Moreno. Stone as Art Leavitt. Carlos Montalban as Luis Agrandi. Nehemiah Persoff as Leo. Felice Orlandi as Vince Fawcett. Herbie Faye as Max. Rusty Lane as Danny McKeogh. Jack Albertson as Pop. Val Avery as Frank. Jersey Joe Walcott as George. Tommy Herman as Tommy. Vinnie DeCarlo as Joey. Pat Comiskey as Gus Dundee. Matt Murphy as Sailor Rigazzo. Abel Fernandez as Chief Firebird. Marian Carr as Alice. Want to Read Currently Reading Read.

Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Budd Schulberg's celebrated novel of the prize ring has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago. Crowded with unforgettable characters, it is a relentless expose of the fight racket. A modern Samson in the form of a simple Argentine peasant is ballyhooed by an unscrupulous fight promoter and his press agent and then betrayed and destroyed Budd Schulberg's celebrated novel of the prize ring has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago.

A modern Samson in the form of a simple Argentine peasant is ballyhooed by an unscrupulous fight promoter and his press agent and then betrayed and destroyed by connivers. Schulberg creates a wonderfully authentic atmosphere for this book that many critics hailed as even better than What Makes Sammy Run? Paperback , pages. Published February 25th by Ivan R. Dee Publisher first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

To ask other readers questions about The Harder They Fall , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Jul 03, Harold rated it really liked it Shelves: I read this some years back, but got into a discussion with a friend of mine recently about Primo Carnera, the real life boxer upon whom this novel is based. I decided at that point to to revisit this book sometime soon.

Ok - I revisited it. Here are my thoughts: Despite being physically huge Molina is a poor fighter. Unbeknownst to him the promoters fix all his fights, the idea bei I read this some years back, but got into a discussion with a friend of mine recently about Primo Carnera, the real life boxer upon whom this novel is based.

Unbeknownst to him the promoters fix all his fights, the idea being to build him up to a championship bout. All along the way the promoters make a bundle betting the fights.

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The story is told from the point of view of a freelance writer hired to publicize and spin the story. Strange coupling I know but the tragedy and the humor are both in place. Schulberg's writing lends the proper tone to this and for me the New York locations are familiar, as is the Pompton Lakes NJ locale. View all 5 comments. Mar 03, Oliver Bateman rated it it was amazing. There's nothing tricky about what Schulberg is doing, and that's for the best: Not one of the characters in the book, from fast-talking PR man Eddie Lewis to greedy mobster Nick Latka to Molina himself, is the least bit likable, and the miserable conclusion to which Schulberg builds is nothing short of extraordinary.

The descriptions of the boxing action are top-notch Schulberg's two collections of writing about boxing, Ringside and Sparring with Hemingway, aren't exactly Liebling-quality, but they're very good , with special praise reserved for the match where massive Native American heavyweight "Chief Thunderbird" decides to make his "job" i. A must-read, to be sure. Oct 17, Tony Gleeson rated it really liked it.

Budd Schulberg's second novel, written in , is nowhere near as well known as the Humphrey Bogart film that was made from it several years later.

The book is simultaneously funnier and much darker than the film, and ends on an even lower note. Despite Schulberg's rampant cynicism toward human nature, I found this book a total joy to read. That pessimism is balanced with almost sparkly writing, filled with individual sketches of every character, wry observations on life, and a Runyonesque ear Budd Schulberg's second novel, written in , is nowhere near as well known as the Humphrey Bogart film that was made from it several years later.

That pessimism is balanced with almost sparkly writing, filled with individual sketches of every character, wry observations on life, and a Runyonesque ear for slang and patter. There is some speculation that the book like his first, "What Makes Sammy Run" was based upon real characters from Schulberg's own interesting life and career. That would go a long way to explaining the depth and believability of both stories. Oct 23, Nicholas rated it liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.

To view it, click here. Not nearly as good as What Makes Sammy Run. I need more gold, Eddie, and then I'll-go to Mexico, six months, maybe a year, rediscover my soul, Eddie. But Dave, I can't figure it. You've been making big dough for years. You must have enough Dough sticks to your palms. This is a handful of worms that slip through your fingers. For two or three seconds in his life he had a glimpse of glory, and down through the shabby years of obscurity, those precious drops of time have grown and grown until they have blotted out the rest of his memory. Get all the nickles you can.

Keep on kidding yourself. It is someone trying to escape from the neurotic riptide of an over-abundance of money and an insufficiency of responsibility. And as I watched it, in a kind of hateful reverence, it suddenly went out. What did Toro mean, all of you? He must have me mixed up with the others. I was Toro's friend, the only one who cared, the only one who sympathized. And yet, he had said all. He had said all of you. Just twenty-three pages of a play that was going back into the bottom drawer of my trunk, where it belonged.

Enough brains to see it and not enough guts to stand up to it.

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Thousands of us, millions of us, corrupted, rootless, career-ridden, good hearts and yellow bellies, living out our lives for the easy buck, the soft berth, indulging ourselves in the illusion that we can deal in filth without becoming the thing we touch. Jan 02, Dave Morris rated it really liked it. Like all Budd Schulberg's novels this one is about artistic and ethical integrity as well as the very colourfully-depicted world of the story. In this case he's taken as his setting the seedier parts of the sport of boxing in s America. Schulberg handles a large cast of characters and makes each so distinctive that you can feel their presence in the room with you.

I laughed a laugh of horrified recognition when a former champ goes over his ghostwritten copy and starts telling the writer how t Like all Budd Schulberg's novels this one is about artistic and ethical integrity as well as the very colourfully-depicted world of the story. I laughed a laugh of horrified recognition when a former champ goes over his ghostwritten copy and starts telling the writer how to do his job.

There's much smart, snappy humour like that but Schulberg pulls no punches and you know there's never going to be any syrupy sentiment to take away the sting. Apparently there's a Bogart movie but I don't think I could watch it now; after Schulberg's storytelling it would be bound to feel fake.

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May 22, Richard Block rated it really liked it. Beaten to Death Budd Schulberg wrote four novels, all downbeat. Of the four, the best is the least well known, The Disenchanted. This one is not as good, but is better than What Makes Sammy Run - which it resembles. As for On The Waterfront, it is so famous and close to the film that all objectivity is impossible.

Schulberg was a movie brat, the son of a top executive, but he is no slouch or beneficiary of nepotism. He is a very accomplished writer, and in this tale of Toro Molina, the Primo Carnera story is retold by hack PR Eddie who is clearly the Budd character. He writes himself into his novels, but he is an entertaining and erudite storyteller.

The fight game is exposed as a corrupt, evil enterprise, full of low lifes and worse. I'm not sure this was a revelation when it was written, but it is a sad morality tale.