Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Edward Andrews, 'Jersey' Joe Walcott

Director: Mark Robson

Summary: A down and out sports writer takes a job minding a boxer for a syndicate. Having arranged a title fight he is forced into fixing it by a mobster...

Bud Schulberg's novel is brought to the screen with distinction by Humphrey Bogart in this, his last, role. Eddie Willis (Bogart) is an unemployed sportswriter hired to write about Argentinean boxer Toto Moreno by the boxer's corrupt manager Nick Benko (Rod Steiger). Willis is on the level in the beginning, but when he discovers Benko's obscene exploitation of his young Argentinean protege, the tables turn and Willis to decide to write a piece promoting exposes the racket. Bogart died soon after filming.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	1956
Release Date:	January 27, 2003
Runtime:	105 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 10023
Keywords:	They, General, Fall, Wide, Screen, Harder, Drama
Genre:	Drama