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Requiem for a Heavyweight

Drama
85 mins
7.2
1962

Description

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.

Casts:

Anthony Quinn
Jackie Gleason
Mickey Rooney
Julie Harris
Stanley Adams
Madame Spivy
Val Avery
Herbie Faye

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