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La caída de un ídolo

Título original: The Harder They Fall
  • 1956
  • Approved
  • 1h 49min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
7.5/10
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Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, and Jan Sterling in La caída de un ídolo (1956)
BoxingFilm NoirDramaSportThriller

Un ex cronista deportivo es contratado por un turbio promotor de peleas para promover su último hallazgo, una desconocida estrella en ascenso de Argentina pero fácilmente explotable.Un ex cronista deportivo es contratado por un turbio promotor de peleas para promover su último hallazgo, una desconocida estrella en ascenso de Argentina pero fácilmente explotable.Un ex cronista deportivo es contratado por un turbio promotor de peleas para promover su último hallazgo, una desconocida estrella en ascenso de Argentina pero fácilmente explotable.

  • Dirección
    • Mark Robson
  • Guionistas
    • Philip Yordan
    • Budd Schulberg
  • Elenco
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Rod Steiger
    • Jan Sterling
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
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    • Dirección
      • Mark Robson
    • Guionistas
      • Philip Yordan
      • Budd Schulberg
    • Elenco
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Rod Steiger
      • Jan Sterling
    • 103Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 54Opiniones de los críticos
    • 78Metascore
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    • Nominado a 1 premio Óscar
      • 2 nominaciones en total

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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Eddie Willis
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Nick Benko
    Jan Sterling
    Jan Sterling
    • Beth Willis
    Mike Lane
    Mike Lane
    • Toro Moreno
    Max Baer
    Max Baer
    • Buddy Brannen
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    • George
    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    • Jim Weyerhause
    Harold J. Stone
    Harold J. Stone
    • Art Leavitt
    Carlos Montalbán
    Carlos Montalbán
    • Luís Agrandi
    • (as Carlos Montalban)
    Nehemiah Persoff
    Nehemiah Persoff
    • Leo
    Felice Orlandi
    Felice Orlandi
    • Vince Fawcett
    Herbie Faye
    Herbie Faye
    • Max
    Rusty Lane
    Rusty Lane
    • Danny McKeogh
    Jack Albertson
    Jack Albertson
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    Val Avery
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    Al Baffert
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    Bill Baldwin
    Bill Baldwin
    • Oklahoma City Ring Announcer
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    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Boxing fan at Dundee fight
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      • Mark Robson
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      • Philip Yordan
      • Budd Schulberg
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    8jotix100

    Ringside seat for the match

    "The Harder They Fall", based on the brutally real novel by Budd Schulberg, presents us with an aspect of the boxing world that no one talked about in those days. The sport was dominated by the racket men that made tremendous profits at the expense of the young pugilists that came from poor backgrounds.

    Mark Robson, the director, was a man that understood that underworld well. He had already directed the excellent "Champion", so he proved to be a natural for taking the helm of this movie. Mr. Robson, worked as an editor for Orson Welles and knew what worked in the cinema. Working with the cinematographer Burnett Guffey, a man who was one of the best in the business, Mr. Robson created a film that was a ground breaker. New York City in the fifties is the background for the story that was shot in real exteriors that added a drama to the film.

    This was the last film in which Humphrey Bogart made. In fact, Mr. Bogart shows signs of the illness that would take his life after the film was completed. Humphrey Bogart's Eddie Willis is a man that clearly wants to be fair to the poor boxer, Toro, from Argentina, who is being manipulated by the bad guys under the evil Benko. This was one of the best appearances of Mr. Bogarts in the movies.

    The other surprise in the film is the portrayal by Rod Steiger of the mob man that wants to use Toro for his own illegal gains. Rod Steiger stood in sharp contrast with Humphrey Bogart. Being a method actor, his technique was entirely different from the one of his co-star. Yet, when both men are seen on the same frame, one can sense two great actors doing what they did best.

    The interesting cast put together for the film made it better than it could have been. Under Mark Robson's direction we see a lot of New York based actors in the background. One would have liked to see more of Jan Sterling, who plays Eddie's understanding wife Beth. Also in the cast, Nhemiah Persoff, Jack Albertson, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott, Mike Lane, Carlos Montalban, make good contributions to the film.

    The boxing sequences are masterfully staged by Mr. Robson, who gives us a ringside seat to watch the matches. This film shows the director at the top of his craft.
    eadoe

    "He didn't have 5 guys in the ring with him."

    I just saw this film and now realize that Sly Stallone must have watched it about a hundred times before staging the fight scenes in Rocky – he even recreated the subtle touch when Toro's coach cuts his eyelid in the fight to release the built-up blood (except in this film, you only see him go for the eye with a scalpel but don't see him actually cut it as you do in Rocky). The final fight at the end of this movie is THE most gruesome fight ever filmed. Stallone tried to capture this in Rocky, but it has nowhere NEAR the realism of the fight in The Harder They Fall. This is partly because it is shot in black and white, which for some reason makes everything seem more gruesome than color; partly because of the foggy, staggering way it is shot, as if you are seeing the punches through the groggy boxer's eyes; and partly because the actor who played Toro was not a star like Stallone or DeNiro in Raging Bull – they could make him look like a true wreck, a distorted, disfigured wreck – without fear of diminishing his "star" quality handsomeness.

    My favorite line in this movie is when Bogart angrily asks Steiger how he'd like to have his jaw broken like Toro's. Steiger's henchmen immediately start to converge on Bogart, who says, "He didn't have 5 guys in the ring with him." It's a great line that brings home how the powerful are protected from the very pain they inflict on others.

    The movie's title, from the old saying, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall," is also very ironic, because the "big" guys – Steiger and the corrupt fight backers – actually never "fall" – it is only the "little" guys, like Toro, who fall the hardest.

    By the way, it was really spooky seeing Max Baer himself re-create his historic fight with Primo Carnera in this film, which is based on Max Baer's historic fight with Primo Carnera! You can see a film of this 1934 fight online, in which Baer knocks Carnera down 11 times in 11 rounds. By round 2, Baer was actually chasing Carnera around the ring, and at least 3 times he knocked him down so hard that he actually fell on top of him!
    8blanche-2

    Bogart goes out with a bang

    What a wonderful way to end one of the all-time great careers. Bogart's last film, "The Harder They Fall" is a tough, uncompromising, cynical look at the fight world, and Bogart is magnificent as a down and out reporter who sells out to crooked boxing promoters.

    One of the things so excellent about the film is that Bogie is surrounded by fantastic performances, particularly that of Rod Steiger as a vicious, greedy promoter, Mike Lane as the big dumb lug Steiger uses to accomplish his goals, and Max Baer as an egomaniacal champion.

    "The Harder They Fall" spares us nothing - not the violence in the ring, the treatment of individuals like merchandise, the preying on the downtrodden. And it doesn't spare us Bogart's haggard looks, either. However, his energy is great and his characterization of a writer turned press rep, a man who looks the other way, is a powerful one.

    There's a story often told about Bogart in his last days. Friends would come over to visit in the afternoon, and Bogart would climb into a dumbwaiter in order to get down to the first floor. He was that small (80 pounds) and that weak. But there was never anything weak about the mind, the will, or the persona.
    8Xstal

    A Load of Bull...

    Here's a film that tries to deal with corruption, of how the fighting game is built around construction, of the ways results are fixed, all the lies and all the tricks, as the boxers follow mostly, their instructions. The performances of all is quite top drawer, Toro Moreno by Mike Lane makes quite a score, Rod Steiger's crooked Nick, is aggressive and so slick, but Humphrey Bogart is the one you just adore. So if you're looking for a film that works today, that's packed with cheats, and layered with foul play, that marks the ending of a story, an actor's sublime oratory, light a cigarette, but do find an ashtray.
    8hitchcockthelegend

    The pen is mightier than the boxing glove.

    Eddie Willis was once a top sports writer, but now he is down on his luck and searching for work. He gets a proposition from dodgy promoter Nick Benko, he is to write up sensationalist press for Benko's new discovery, the gigantic Toro Moreno. Trouble is is that Moreno is a poor boxer, powder puff punches and a glass jaw. But each fight is fixed by Benko and along with Eddie's press writings, this propels Moreno to being a household name, thus a crack at the heavyweight title is in the offering. However, Eddie starts to feel conflicted the more the story unfolds and just around the corner is a tragedy that will shape the destinies of everyone who is involved.

    This was sadly to be the last film from the great Humphrey Bogart. He would pass away the following year, but thankfully this Mark Robson directed piece proves to be a fitting swansong. He puts depth to his portrayal of Willis and his face off scenes with Rod Steiger's Benko are a real acting joy to observe. The film itself {great scripting from Phillip Yordan} is a scathing and critical look at the boxing circuit, corruption, greed and a scant care for human life come bubbling to the surface, with Burnett Guffey's stark black & white photography adding grime to the nasty underbelly. Real life {and one time heavyweight champion of the world} boxer Primo Carnera sued {and lost} Columbia because The Harder They Fall's story was close enough to his own life story, that in itself makes this film's core story all the more interesting. 8/10

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    • Trivia
      Joe Greb has a small and uncredited role as a brain-damaged boxer who gives an interview about the damaging effects of the sport. In reality, Greb had a 12 year career as a boxer and fought in 119 bouts during that period. Greb suffered irreparable brain damage from his time as a boxer and was a vocal proponent of fighter safety. In essence, he plays himself in this film.
    • Errores
      In the opening, when Eddie hires a cab, initially it's a '55 Plymouth; in the next scene, as they're driving off, it's a '54 Ford.
    • Citas

      [Willis tells Toro to throw his fight with Buddy Brannen to avoid getting hurt]

      Toro Moreno: I don't know, I don't know. What would people think of me?

      Eddie Willis: What do you care what a bunch of bloodthirsty, screaming people think of you? Did you ever get a look at their faces? They pay a few lousy bucks hoping to see a man get killed. To hell with them! Think of yourself. Get your money and get out of this rotten business.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 21 de marzo de 1957 (México)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Español
    • También se conoce como
      • The Harder They Fall
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • New York International Airport, Jamiaca, Nueva York, Estados Unidos(New York International Airport, now John F. Kennedy International Airport)
    • Productora
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
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      • Black and White
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