The Harder They Fall
1956 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 9,595 VOTES · DIR. Mark Robson
Overview
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,171 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:48 Coming, Danny.
00:07:59 Once in the belly.
00:11:20 - Who are you talking to? - Art Leavitt in L.A.
00:15:08 - Why did he become a boxer? - Why?
00:20:51 - How's Toro? - I put him to bed. What happened?
00:23:25 - I'll give you 10%. - Ten percent of what?
00:26:13 Standing beside me is an ex- fighter who was a topnotch fighter.
00:29:45 Are you for real?
00:32:48 All right, let's go.
00:37:39 - Good night, Daddy. - Good night, take care.
00:41:16 You made a deal. You wanna get us both crippled?
00:45:55 - How's the family? - Fine.
00:49:18 - He'll be fine. He trusts you. - He only talks to Eddie.
00:53:47 - Hello, Beth. - Hello, Art.
00:59:13 Come on!
01:04:55 How can you worry about the press when Gus is lying with a tube in his head?
01:09:05 Look at the paper. Look at that.
01:13:39 I'm part of the deal, but I don't want him butchered.
01:17:55 He gave the information to Danny and George so you'd be prepared to win.
01:21:33 Belt him, I said.
01:28:44 Clinch him. Hang on, Toro. When you go down, stay down!
01:33:24 I promised him I'd pick up his money.
01:38:14 Just enough to buy my mother the new house.
142:07:00 expenses in New York City.