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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Harold Stone
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Harder They Fall |
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Produced and written by Philip Yordan, THE HARDER THEY FALL, directed by Mark Robson, is Humphrey Bogart's last movie. The picture earned a nomination for the Academy award in the Best Cinematography category.
Bogart is hired as a publicist by Rod Steiger, a crooked manager, in order to promote an unknown boxer coming from Argentina. Toro Moreno is big and strong but isn't a real boxer. Nevertheless, thanks to Bogart's relations in the medias, Toro becomes a star without having boxed a single round.
Steiger fixes the first 25 fights of Toro so that his boxer is given the opportunity to challenge the heavy-weight champion of the world. When Bogart understands that Toro will be sacrificed and slaughtered during the fight and that he won't even earn 50 dollars for it, Bogie gets angry.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Harder They Fall |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- con-artist/white collar crime
Kind of sports story:
- boxing
Sports story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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