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Midnight Movie: The Harder They Fall

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger and Jan Sterling

An unemployed sports writer joins a boxing racketeer in promoting, through devious means, an inexperienced boxer for a title fight.

Contributors

Director:
Mark Robson
Screenplay:
Philip Yordan
From the novel by:
Budd Schulberg
Eddie Willis:
Humphrey Bogart
Nick Benko:
Rod Steiger
Beth Willis:
Jan Sterling
Toro Moreno:
Mike Lane
Buddy Brannen:
Max Baer
George:
Jersey Joe Walcott
Jim Weyerhause:
Edward Andrews
Art Leavitt:
Harold J. Stone
Luis Agrandi:
Carlos Montalban
Leo:
Nehemiah Persoff
Source: Radio Times

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