Movie Information
Overall Rank: 2656
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 20
Theatrical Release Date: 05/09/1956
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Harold J. Stone
Plot: Eddie Willis, a sports journalist finds himself out of a job when his paper folds, but a fight promoter hires him to be the PR man for a fighter out of Argentina. The fighter has no talent, but Eddie knows how the game is played and sets up a series of rigged fights in order to make his man a contender for the heavyweight champion (and a hefty gate profit). Yet when a fighter dies in the ring, he begins to doubt his plan. -- Chris Kavan
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3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 02/12/2020
A hard hitting expose on the graft and dirty politics behind boxing champions. Bogart delivers a great performance as the sports writer turned agent who faces a crisis of conscious regarding his own client's safety. It's not pretty but thought provoking.
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