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by Mark Robson
U.S.A. 1956
A boxing drama with Bogart (in his last role) typecast as the sports publicist who finally does the right thing and sets out to expose the syndicate, The Harder They Fall bears the hallmark of its producer/writer Philip Yordan all over it. Robson tries vainly to give the movie the look of a thriller with lots of shadows and bleak lighting, but Yordan consistently returns it to the field of melodrama by setting his drama in the home - as Bogart and his wife Sterling agonise over his job of exposing the fixed fights - rather than in the boxing ring.
Excerpt from TimeOut Film Guide located HERE
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Theatrical Release: 9 May 1956
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DVD Comparison:
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| Runtime | 1:48:40 | 1:44:22 (4% PAL speedup) |
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| Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono , Dub in Portuguese |
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| Subtitles | English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, none | English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or none |
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Release Information: Studio: Columbia Tri-Star Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 28 |
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Release Date: January 27, 2003 Chapters 28 |
| Comments | The differences in image quality are a little less pronounced in these editions than in "In a Lonely Place" and "Dead Reckoning". The PAL edition is marginally softer, but it is very slight indeed. Again we have more audio and subtitle options in the PAL version, extras and menus are exact. The majority of film fans will be content if they own the PAL edition, but Bogie aficionados may want to upgrade to the NTSC. |
Recommended Reading in Film Noir (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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Film Noir: An Encyclopedia Reference to the
American Style by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward |
The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir by Foster Hirsch |
Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher |
The Little Black and White Book of Film Noir:
Quotations from Films of the 40's and 50's by Peg Thompson, Saeko Usukawa |
Film Noir by Alain Silver |
Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era,
1940-1959 by Michael F. Keaney |
Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir by Foster Hirsch |
More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts by James Naremore |
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