Plus dure sera la chute (1956)
Eddie Willis, journaliste sportif, accepte l'offre de Benko, un manager de boxe corrompu, pour monter une combine qui les rendra riches. Ils profitent de la naïveté de Toro Moreno, un boxeur lourd et pataud, pour abuser du public auquel ils le présentent comme une force de la nature. Match après match, Toro écrase ses adversaires et gagne la sympathie du public qui, comme lui, ignore que chaque rencontre est truquée.
Directeur:
Mark Robson
écrivain:
Philip Yordan
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Humphrey Bogart as Eddie Willis |
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Rod Steiger as Nick Benko |
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Jan Sterling as Beth Willis |
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Mike Lane as Toro Moreno |
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Max Baer as Buddy Brannen |
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Jersey Joe Walcott as George |
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Edward Andrews as Jim Weyerhause |
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Harold J. Stone as Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster |
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Carlos Montalbán as Luís Agrandi |
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Nehemiah Persoff as Leo |
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Felice Orlandi as Vince Fawcett |
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Herbie Faye as Max |
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Rusty Lane as Danny McKeogh |
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Jack Albertson as Pop |
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Paul Frees as Priest (uncredited) |
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William Henry as Fight Arena Locker Room Guard (uncredited) |
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Frank McLure as Reporter at Hospital (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Ringsider (uncredited) |
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Bert Stevens as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Arthur Tovey as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Brandon Beach as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Joanne Arnold as Pretty Girl (uncredited) |
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Val Avery as Frank (uncredited) |
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Al Baffert as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Bill Baldwin as Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited) |
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Walter Baldwin as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited) |
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Emily Belser as New York Reporter (uncredited) |
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Julie Benedic as Statuesque Blonde (uncredited) |
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Phil Berger as Boxer Kayoed in Bakersfield (uncredited) |
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Eve Bernhardt as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
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Tony Blankley as Benko Son (uncredited) |
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Penny Carpenter as Benko Daughter (uncredited) |
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Marian Carr as Alice (uncredited) |
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Steve Carruthers as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Tina Carver as Mrs. Benko (uncredited) |
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Edwin Chandler as Chicago Television Announcer (uncredited) |
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Winnie Chandler as Fight Fan (uncredited) |
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George Chester as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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George Cisar as Fight Manager (uncredited) |
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Pat Comiskey as Gus Dundee (uncredited) |
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Lillian Culver as Mrs. Wilson Harding (uncredited) |
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Jack Daly as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Patricia Dane as Shirley (uncredited) |
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Vinnie De Carlo as Joey (uncredited) |
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Elaine Edwards as Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
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Matty Fain as Fight Manager (uncredited) |
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Adolph Faylauer as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Abel Fernandez as Chief Firebird (uncredited) |
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Gil Frye as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Robert Fuller as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Ralph Gamble as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Tommy Garland as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Eddie Garr as Fight Manager (uncredited) |
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Charlie Gibbs as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Everett Glass as Minister (uncredited) |
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Bennie Goldberg as San Diego Referee (uncredited) |
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Mickey Golden as Cornerman (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Gordon as Las Vegas Showgirl (uncredited) |
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Michael Granger as Gus Dundee's Doctor (uncredited) |
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Joe Greb as Joey Greb - Fighter (uncredited) |
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Frank Hagney as Referee (uncredited) |
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Stuart Hall as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Tommy Herman as Tommy (uncredited) |
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Joe Herrera as Referee (uncredited) |
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Vic Holbrook as Fight Fan (uncredited) |
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Tex Holden as Usher (uncredited) |
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Bob Hopkins as San Diego Ring Announcer (uncredited) |
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Charles Horvath as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Roy Jenson as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Don Kelly as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as Man at Contract Signing (uncredited) |
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Don Kohler as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Joseph La Cava as Manager (uncredited) |
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Pat Lawler as Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
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Peter Leeds as Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited) |
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Larry Leverett as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Harry Lewis as New York Ring Announcer (uncredited) |
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Mark Lowell as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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William Marks as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Mathew McCue as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Joseph Mell as Ring Announcer (uncredited) |
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Mort Mills as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited) |
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Frank Mitchell as Dundee Referee (uncredited) |
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Irving Mitchell as House Doctor - New York (uncredited) |
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Diana Mumby as Vince's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
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Sol Murgi as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Matt Murphy as Sailor Rigazzo (uncredited) |
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Richard Norris as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Jimmy O'Gatty as Milk Fund Referee (uncredited) |
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Ted Pavelec as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Murray Pollack as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Fred Rapport as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Stafford Repp as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Alan Reynolds as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Eli Rill as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Joanne Rio as Las Vegas Showgirl (uncredited) |
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Robert Robinson as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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William Roerick as Mrs. Harding's Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Jack Roper as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Wally Rose as Salinas Referee (uncredited) |
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Abe Roth as Referee (uncredited) |
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Sandy Sanders as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Cosmo Sardo as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Fred Scheiwiller as Fighter (uncredited) |
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Mark Scott as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Carl Sklover as Referee (uncredited) |
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Gene Smith as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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J. Lewis Smith as Brannen's Manager (uncredited) |
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Angela Stevens as Girl (uncredited) |
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Hal Taggart as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Charles Tannen as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Ferris Taylor as House Doctor - Chicago (uncredited) |
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Pat Valentino as Milk Fund Fighter (uncredited) |
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Bennie Washington as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Russ Whiteman as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Bob Whitney as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Ulysses Williams as Boxer Being Knocked Out in Salinas (uncredited) |
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James Wilson as Oklahoma Referee (uncredited) |
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Sam Harris as Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited) |
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Dennis Moore as Reporter (uncredited) |
| Editing | Jerome Thoms | Editor |
| Art | William Flannery | Art Direction |
| Writing | Philip Yordan | Screenplay |
| Production | Jerry Wald | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Mark Robson | Director |
| Production | Philip Yordan | Producer |
| Writing | Budd Schulberg | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clay Campbell | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Alfred E. Spencer | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Lambert E. Day | Sound |
| Art | William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Hunt | Hairstylist |
| Sound | John P. Livadary | Recording Supervision |
