Screenplay by Phil Yordan, based on the novel by Budd Schulberg. In his final film, Humphrey Bogart gives one of his most affecting performances as a sportswriter turned PR flak who regrets helping a gangster (Rod Steiger) create the next heavyweight champ. Budd Schulberg based his novel on the true story of circus strongman turned fighter Primo Carnera. An angry attack on boxing in the 1950s that is, paradoxically, one of the best boxing movies ever made.