The Harder They Fall poster

Movie · 1956

The Harder They Fall

Released 8 May 1956 More from 1956 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Frank Hagney
as Referee (uncredited)
72
Walter Baldwin
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
67
Rusty Lane
as Danny McKeogh
56
Carlos Montalbán
as Luís Agrandi
52
Harold J. Stone
as Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster
43
Bill Baldwin
as Oklahoma City Ring Announcer (uncredited)
42
Edward Andrews
as Jim Weyerhause
41
Stafford Repp
as Reporter (uncredited)
38
Mort Mills
as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
37
Jan Sterling
as Beth Willis
35
Paul Frees
as Priest (uncredited)
35
Michael Granger
as Gus Dundee's Doctor (uncredited)
32
Felice Orlandi
as Vince Fawcett
30
Roy Jenson
as Fighter (uncredited)
29
Robert Fuller
as Minor Role (uncredited)
22
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Frank Hagney — oldest on the call sheet
22Robert Fuller — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast
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