Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt promoter Nick Benko to promote Toro Moreno, an unknown Argentinian boxer with a weak punch and glass jaw. Benko uses fixed fights to make Moreno the top contender, while champion Buddy Brannen vows to punish him. Eddie must decide whether to tell Toro the truth.
- Directors
- Mark Robson
- Cast
- Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Carlos Montalbán, Nehemiah Persoff, Felice Orlandi, Herbie Faye, Rusty Lane, Jack Albertson, Paul Frees, William Henry, Frank McLure, William H. O'Brien, Bert Stevens, Arthur Tovey
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1956-05-08
- Studios
- Columbia Pictures
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Corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko hires unemployed sportswriter Eddie Willis to promote his protégé, Toro Moreno, a massive but unskilled Argentinian boxer with a feeble punch and fragile jaw. Benko leverages Willis's reputation for integrity to arrange fixed fights that propel the naive Moreno to the #1 contender spot. The sadistic reigning champion, Buddy Brannen, resents Toro's publicity and promises to brutalize him in the ring, forcing Eddie to choose between revealing the truth or staying silent.
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