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The Harder They Fall

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The Harder They Fall	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Harder They Fall is a boxing-themed 1956 Film Noir directed by Mark Robson, starring Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger.Eddie Willis (Bogart) is a formerly-well-known sports columnist who finds himself unemployed after the newspaper he writes for folds. He receives a job offer from Nick Benko (Steiger), a deeply corrupt boxing promoter, to serve as press agent and publicist for Nick's new fighter, an Argentinian lummox named Toro Moreno (Mike Lane). Eddie isn't thrilled about working for a slimeball like Nick, but, lacking better options, he accepts.Eddie sees Toro sparring in the ring and is surprised to find out that Toro, despite his enormous size and strength, is actually a terrible boxer: slow, weak at punching, and the owner of a glass jaw. Nick then explains his real plan, which is to build Toro up into a contender by matching him up against a series of palookas who will all be paid to take a dive. Eventually this will pay off with a match against heavyweight champion Buddy Brannen, which will earn Nick (and supposedly Toro) a huge windfall. Eddie reluctantly goes along with the scam, helping build up Toro into a sensation, but is unprepared for the lengths Nick will go and the depths Nick will sink to in order to make some money.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Real Life boxing champions Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott appear as, respectively, Buddy Brannen and George, Toro's trainer. Last film for Humphrey Bogart, made when he was already suffering from the cancer that killed him less than a year after this film was released.Not to be confused with the 2021 Western film.
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The Harder They Fall / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: Eddie tells many whoppers about Toro when building him up to the boxing press.
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The Harder They Fall / int_6070670f	comment	Complete-the-Quote Title: "The bigger they come..."
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The Harder They Fall / int_b00498c7	comment	Casualty in the Ring: Gus Dundee, who is coming off a fight with Brannen in which he was seriously injured—Dundee complains of headaches. The fix is in for his fight with Toro, and when Toro hits him, Gus falls into a coma and dies.
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The Harder They Fall / int_c9954979	comment	Crippling the Competition: When one of Toro's opponents balks at Throwing the Fight and looks like he's going to beat Toro, his coach puts a chemical in his towel that disables him and allows Toro to win.
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