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Humphrey Bogart's final screen role was in this 1956 film by Mark Robson (Home of the Brave), about a cynical sportswriter who becomes a press agent and sees firsthand how badly boxers are used and manipulated by crooked managers. The story finds Bogart's character waffling about the ethics surrounding the exploitation of an overrated fighter who will earn money for his handlers in the short term, then be tossed onto the scrap heap. This is a very tough tale written by Budd Schulberg and shot with determined unromanticism; the boxing sequences are among the most striking and violent ever committed to film. Jan Sterling plays Bo
Humphrey Bogart's final screen role was in this 1956 film by Mark Robson (Home of the Brave), about a cynical sportswriter who becomes a press agent and sees firsthand how badly boxers are used and manipulated by crooked managers. The story finds Bogart's character waffling about the ethics surrounding the exploitation of an overrated fighter who will earn money for his handlers in the short term, then be tossed onto the scrap heap. This is a very tough tale written by Budd Schulberg and shot with determined unromanticism; the boxing sequences are among the most striking and violent ever committed to film. Jan Sterling plays Bogart's wife, who watches him vacillate about whether to expose the fight syndicate as a racket. --Tom Keogh
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Release date: 20 January 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0043396085633 UPC: 043396085633
Tags: 1956 (2), Boxing (2), Val Avery (1), Matt Murphy (1), Pat Comisky (1), Vinnie DeCarlo (1), Tommy Herman (1), Jack Albertson (1), Felice Orlandi (1), Carlos Montalban (1), Harold J. Stone (1), Jersey Joe Wolcott (1), Max Baer (1), Mike Lane (1), Rod Steiger (1), Herbie Faye (1), Rusty Lane (1), Nehemiah Persoff (1), Edward Andrews (1), Abel Fernandez (1)
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