The Harder They Fall

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The Harder They Fall is a 1956 film noir boxing drama, notable as Humphrey Bogart’s final film and a critique of corruption in professional boxing.

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The Harder They Fall canonical 11
The Harder They Fall (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
film noir
sports drama film
authorOfSourceWork Budd Schulberg
basedOn The Harder They Fall self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Harder They Fall (novel)
blackAndWhite true
character Eddie Willis
cinematographyBy Burnett Guffey
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mark Robson
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
editedBy Jerome Thoms
genre boxing film
drama film
film noir
sports film
hasFormat theatrical feature film
hasSubject boxing
organized crime in sports
sports journalism
includedIn American film noir canon
language English
mpaaRating Not Rated (original release)
musicBy Hugo Friedhofer
narrativeLocation New York City
notableFor being Humphrey Bogart's final film role
portrays a sportswriter turned boxing publicist
producer Philip Yordan
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDate 1956-03-09
releaseYear 1956
runtimeMinutes 109
screenwriter Philip Yordan
setting professional boxing world
starring Humphrey Bogart
Jan Sterling
Jersey Joe Walcott
Max Baer Sr.
surface form: Max Baer

Mike Lane
Rod Steiger
theme corruption in professional boxing
exploitation of boxers
timePeriodOfSetting 1950s

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Rod Steiger notableWork The Harder They Fall
Mark Robson notableWork The Harder They Fall
Mark Robson directed The Harder They Fall
Jan Sterling notableWork The Harder They Fall
Burnett Guffey notableWork The Harder They Fall
Burnett Guffey workedOn The Harder They Fall
Nehemiah Persoff notableWork The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall basedOn The Harder They Fall self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Harder They Fall (novel)
Frank Albertson notableWork The Harder They Fall
Frank Albertson appearedIn The Harder They Fall
Budd Schulberg notableWork The Harder They Fall
Tape from California hasPart The Harder They Fall