Sportswriter Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) is broke after the newspaper he works for goes under. He is hired by crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to publicize his new boxer, a huge, but slow-witted and untalented Argentinian named Toro Moreno (Mike Lane).Humphrey Bogart (Eddie Willis) and Mike Lane (Toro Moreno)Unbeknownst to Toro and his friend and manager LuÃ­s Agrandi (Carlos MontalbÃ¡n), all of his fights had been fixed to make the public believe that he is for real. After a short time, Benko gets Toro into a match against Gus Dundee (Pat Comiskey), the ex-heavyweight champ, before the title fight against Buddy Brannen (Max Baer). Dundee has agreed to lose the fight, as he is suffering headaches and neck pain from his last fight against Brannen. Dundee ends up collapsing in the ring and later dies of a brain hemorrhage in the hospital.Feeling culpability in Dundee's death, Eddie hesitates in continuing his work in promoting Toro. Despite the misgivings of his wife (Jan Sterling), Benko has already convinced him otherwise due to Eddie wanting a huge pay-day. However, Toro feels guilty over Dundee's death and visits a priest (Paul Frees) who confirms Toro's feelings and agrees with him that he should go home to Argentina. Eddie tracks down Toro at the church and eventually convinces him to fight by telling him that this will be the last for both of them and that he will be able to take much money home to his parents.In the meantime, Benko has planned for Toro to fight the heavyweight champ. Knowing Toro has no chance, Benko places large bets against his fighter. Toro thinks he can win, but Eddie shows him otherwise by having him knocked down by one of his handlers. Toro is then told how to lose without receiving a beating by staying away from Brannen with his long arm reach and to hug him when he is to close. But, Toro cares about what his friends and family will think about him, so he tries to fight convincingly while being brutally beaten in the process, suffering a broken jaw.When Eddie goes to get the money owed to him and Toro, he finds out that Benko has rigged the accounting so that Toro ends up getting paid only $49.07. Ashamed, Eddie sends Toro home to Argentina with Eddie's own share of the proceeds, $26,000. When confronted by Benko, Eddie defies him, then begins writing an exposÃ© about corruption in the boxing world.
Question: What real boxer played Toro's final opponent?, Answer: Joe Greb Question: Who is the real life heavyweight boxer who was Toro's final opponent?, Answer: Max Baer Question: Who is Eddie Willis hired to promote?, Answer: Toro Moreno Question: What is Toro's share of the purse?, Answer: $26,000 Question: Who tries to convince Willis to go back to writing?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: True or false, one of Toro's opponent's dies?, Answer: No Question: What does Toro want?, Answer: fight convincingly Question: What role does Humphrey Bogart play?, Answer: Sportswriter Eddie Willis Question: Steiger sells Toro's contract to...?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: Who hires Eddie Willis?, Answer: Nick Benko