Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962 / 1 hr 25 minMountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting. Yet, threatened by gangsters for welshing on a gambling debt, Mountain’s opportunistic manager, Maish Rennick, schemes to get the ex-boxer into a phony wrestling match to make some quick money. Although he and his loyal trainer, Army, oppose the degrading proposition, the disillusioned Mountain begins to wonder if he has any options left.
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Director
Ralph Nelson
Cast
Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason
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Columbia Pictures
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