I have been reading the new Mark Kriegal book on Mike Tyson and he spends a lot of time on Cus D'Amato and his relationship with different writers. Budd Schulberg is discussed along with The Harder They Fall. I had not watched the movie before and gave it a go. I was surprised by how well Jersey Joe Walcott and Max Baer performed. I did not do much looking into the movie but did see Carnera sued and I can see the similarities especially with the similarities to the Ernie Schaaf situation. I thought it was also interesting that Baer's character bragged about being responsible for the death in the ring. I thought Schaaf's death greatly affected Max and portraying it that way on screen seemed against that though I guess he was trying to prove a point about the industry. Max had to see the similarities to Carnera and I wonder if he did the film as a dig to Primo. Has anyone read the book? Is it worth reading after seeing the movie?
