Requiem for a Heavyweight
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Overview
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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Cast
Anthony Quinn
Jackie Gleason
Mickey Rooney
Julie Harris
Stanley Adams
Madame Spivy
Val Avery
Herbie Faye
Jack Dempsey
Muhammad Ali
Lou Gilbert
Michael Conrad
Rory Calhoun
Barney Ross
Willie Pep
Steve Belloise
Abe Simon
Stan Ross
J.J. Ballargeon
Paolo Rosi
Alex Miteff
Gus Lesnevich
Al Bain
William Calhoun
Nancy Cushman
Sig Frohlich
John Indrisano
Arthur M. Mercante
Angelo Rossitto
David Susskind
Crew
Ralph Nelson
Winifred Leah Laurance
Jack Grossberg
David Susskind
Laurence Rosenthal
Arthur J. Ornitz
Carl Lerner
Nathaniel Burr Smidt
John Boxer
Dick Smith
David Golden
