(Mark Robson, 1956) Release date: 22 April 2024 Standard Edition Blu-ray
Humphrey Bogart (Knock on Any Door), Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night), and Mike Lane (The New Centurions) star in The Harder They Fall, a tough-as-nails film noir exposé of corruption in the boxing world that would be Bogart’s final film.
Boxing promoter Nick Benko (Steiger) employs down-on-his-luck journalist Eddie Willis (Bogart) to promote his new signing, Toro Moreno (Lane), fixing fights across the country to ensure Toro appears to be a contender. But, when tragedy strikes, Willis threatens to expose the entire racket...
Adapted by Philip Yordan (Johnny Guitar) from a novel by Budd Schulberg (On the Waterfront), and directed by Mark Robson (The Seventh Victim), The Harder They Fall is a classic of Hollywood cinema, and a fitting swan song to Humprey Bogart's career.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
4K restoration
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with critics and writers Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2022)
The Final Bout(2022, 11 mins): critic and writer Christina Newland examines the making of the film, and its relationship to the original novel
Bertrand Tavernier on ‘The Harder They Fall’(2017, 30 mins): archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker and critic
Max Baer Super 8s (6 mins): footage of two famous bouts from the 1930s, featuring the boxer and, later, actor fighting against Max Schmeling, then Primo Carnera
That Justice Be Done(1945, 11 mins): George Stevens’ short on the Nuremberg trials, made by the Office of War Information and written by Budd Schulberg
Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
