Requiem for a Heavyweight
Mountain 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.
Year: 1962
Genre: Drama
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy
Crew: Ralph Nelson (Director), Jack Grossberg (Associate Producer), David Susskind (Producer), Laurence Rosenthal (Original Music Composer), Arthur J. Ornitz (Director of Photography), Carl Lerner (Editor)
Runtime: 85 minutes
Release: Oct 16, 1962
IMDb: 7.20/10 by 71 users
Popularity: 8
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 1
Revenue: 0
Keyword : new york city, champion, second chance, prizefight, drunkenness, fight manager, boxing, heavyweight boxer
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