--- title: 'The Harder They Fall (1956)' type: 'film' director: 'Mark Robson' released: '1956-03-31' runtime_minutes: 109 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-harder-they-fall-1956' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049291/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Harder They Fall (1956) 1956 · 109 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Harder They Fall is a 1956 American sports drama film noir directed by Mark Robson, produced and written by Philip Yordan. It stars Humphrey Bogart in his final film role, along with Rod Steiger and Jan Sterling, and features professional boxers Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott in supporting roles. The film is based on the 1947 novel by Budd Schulberg, which in turn was inspired by the Primo Carnera boxing scandal. ## Credits - **Director:** [Mark Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-robson) - **Screenplay:** [Philip Yordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-yordan) - **Producer:** [Philip Yordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-yordan) - **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer) - **Director of Photography:** [Burnett Guffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/burnett-guffey) - **Editor:** [Jerome Thoms](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-thoms) ## Cast - [Peter Leeds](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-leeds) - [Edward Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-andrews) - [Rod Steiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-steiger) - [Jersey Joe Walcott](https://cinepixo.com/people/jersey-joe-walcott) - [Max Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-baer) - [Val Avery](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-avery) - [Jack Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-albertson) - [Harold J. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-j-stone) - [Nehemiah Persoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/nehemiah-persoff) - [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart) - [Patricia Dane](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-dane) - [Michael Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-lane) - [Jan Sterling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-sterling) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-harder-they-fall-1956 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1511625); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.