Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
1h 25m
Running Time
October 16, 1962Release Date
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
1h 25m
Running Time
October 16, 1962Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Anthony Quinn
Louis 'Mountain' Rivera
Jackie Gleason
Maish Rennick
Mickey Rooney
Army
Julie Harris
Grace Miller
Stanley Adams
Perelli
Madame Spivy
Ma Greeny
Val Avery
Young fighter's promoter
Herbie Faye
Charlie, the Bartender
Jack Dempsey
Boxer Jack Dempsey
Muhammad Ali
Himself (as Cassius Clay)
Lou Gilbert
Dr. Gilbert
Barney Ross
Actor
Ralph Nelson
Director
Michael Conrad
Ma Greeny's Thug
Rory Calhoun
Himself
Rod Serling
Writer
David Susskind
Producer
Laurence Rosenthal
Composer
Arthur J. Ornitz
Cinematographer
Steve Belloise
Hotel Desk Clerk
Carl Lerner
Editor
Al Bain
Police Officer (uncredited)
William Calhoun
Self - Rivera's wrestling opponent (uncredited)
Nancy Cushman
Woman on Elevator (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Diner Patron (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Barfly Watching TV (uncredited)
Arthur M. Mercante
Referee (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
Jack Grossberg
Associate Producer
John Boxer
Costume Design
David Golden
Production Manager
Winifred Leah Laurance
Script Supervisor
Nathaniel Burr Smidt
Production Design
Paolo Rosi
Stan Ross
Abe Simon
Gus Lesnevich
Willie Pep
Alex Miteff
J.J. Ballargeon
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Details.
Wiki.
Requiem for a Heavyweight is a 1962 American film directed by Ralph Nelson based on the television play of the same name with Anthony Quinn in the role originated by Jack Palance, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney in the parts portrayed on television by Keenan Wynn and his father Ed Wynn, and social worker Grace Miller was portrayed by Julie Harris. Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, appears as Quinn's opponent in a boxing match at the beginning of the movie.
The film version is somewhat darker in its plotline than the original teleplay.