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Il colosso d'argilla

Titolo originale: The Harder They Fall
  • 1956
  • T
  • 1h 49min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,5/10
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Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, and Mike Lane in Il colosso d'argilla (1956)
BoxeDrammaFilm noirSportThriller

Un ex giornalista sportivo viene assunto da un losco promotore di risse per promuovere la sua ultima scoperta, un astro nascente argentino sconosciuto ma facilmente sfruttabile.Un ex giornalista sportivo viene assunto da un losco promotore di risse per promuovere la sua ultima scoperta, un astro nascente argentino sconosciuto ma facilmente sfruttabile.Un ex giornalista sportivo viene assunto da un losco promotore di risse per promuovere la sua ultima scoperta, un astro nascente argentino sconosciuto ma facilmente sfruttabile.

  • Regia
    • Mark Robson
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Philip Yordan
    • Budd Schulberg
  • Star
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Rod Steiger
    • Jan Sterling
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,5/10
    9847
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Mark Robson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Philip Yordan
      • Budd Schulberg
    • Star
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Rod Steiger
      • Jan Sterling
    • 106Recensioni degli utenti
    • 54Recensioni della critica
    • 78Metascore
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    • Candidato a 1 Oscar
      • 2 candidature totali

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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
    • Pop
    Val Avery
    Val Avery
    • Frank
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Al Baffert
    • Fighter
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Bill Baldwin
    Bill Baldwin
    • Oklahoma City Ring Announcer
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Boxing fan at Dundee fight
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    • Regia
      • Mark Robson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • 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.
    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
    8AlsExGal

    Bogie's last film stays with you

    I have seen "The Harder They Fall" and always enjoyed it but it's interesting seeing it with the short clips Turner Classic Movies was showing on corruption in boxing. This is a good example of the 1950's noir theme of examining corruption in politics, society, and in business. Here the gangsters that were involved with "standard" gangster activities such as robbery were replaced by ones that hid in the shadows of businesses - in this case boxing. It also touches on everyday people being drawn into doing corrupt things to " keep up with the Joneses". The shadowy effects used in the boxing ring, locker rooms, travel bus etc mirrors shady dealings that were happening throughout the movie while the realism approach added to it relevance. I love the great pivotal lines delivered by George ( Jersey Joe Walcott) "Some guys can sell that other guys just can't."

    It's Humphrey Bogart's last movie so it's always a little hard to watch. But it is a great one. Rod Steiger always does such a wonderful job. It seems to me when he's trying to explain why he's doing corrupt things he has this underlying tone of saying "Why are you so upset that I'm taking advantage of you?!" Which makes his character even more despicable. It's also interesting to compare Steiger's and Bogart's style of acting since they came from two different schools.
    9kenstallings-65346

    Special for a lot of reasons

    Humphrey Bogart died about a year after this movie was completed. That alone would give the film poignancy. But, for Bogart, this final work was a grand coda indeed! In many respects, this was a brave effort in 1956 to expose the seedy side of boxing, and it did so in a most spectacularly effective manner, likely better than any other effort that came before or after it.

    Near the end of the film, long after the swindle was known by the audience, as well as the protagonist (Bogart), the bookkeeper continued pouring over every tidbit of budget magic showing the details of how the boxer was skillfully swindled of his money. All of the expenses were taken out of his share, as the others in the heist took their money off the top.

    Other movies would have made it a swift effort, but director Mark Robson knew that the details of the swindle is what made it seedy, and so he wanted the audience to see and hear it all. And it is the details that come after the brutality that make the conclusion all the more powerful.

    Ultimately, the moral lesson is that the worst profession a person can undertake is one that profits off the bodies of other people.

    Of special note are the number of actual boxers who acted parts in the film, including Jersey Joe Walcott, who was heavyweight champion from 1951-52, and who delivered one of the best lines of the movie, when asked why their boxer didn't protect himself like he was instructed, replied, "Some guys can sell out and other guys just can't. Goodnight!" There was a lot about this movie that was ahead of its time, including the meaningful roles of black actors such as Wolcott.

    Max Baer was the other real world fighter who played an important role in the film. He was heavyweight champion from 1934-35, winning the title against Primo Carnera, an historical fact that was eerily paralleled in this movie. So well did Baer play the role of the bloodthirsty pugilist, that his reputation as an actual boxer was sullied by people who foolishly confused his actual boxing career with his performance in this film!

    It should not go without notice that two real-world heavyweight boxing champions played prominent roles in this film, which very much exposed the corruption in the sport. Today, that corruption is well known, but this film was made in 1956, when most people took the sport as being clean.

    Today, the film remains as relevant as ever, and Bogart's skill is a prime reason why. He expertly sells the movie with the kind of adroit and nuanced acting that was the hallmark of the legend's career. Few actors get to make such a strong statement in his final role!
    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!

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      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.
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      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.
    • Citazioni

      [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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    • Data di uscita
      • 21 settembre 1956 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingue
      • Inglese
      • Spagnolo
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • New York International Airport, Jamiaca, New York, Stati Uniti(New York International Airport, now John F. Kennedy International Airport)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 49min(109 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.85 : 1

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