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Requiem for a Heavyweight

7.2 85 mins Drama   1962
Columbia Pictures  
Director(s): Ralph Nelson

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 of Requiem for a Heavyweight

Anthony Quinn

as Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera

Jackie Gleason

as Maish Rennick

Mickey Rooney

as Army

Julie Harris

as Grace Miller

Stanley Adams

as Perelli (as Stan Adams)

Madame Spivy

as Ma Greeny

Val Avery

as Young fighter's promoter

Herbie Faye

as Charlie, the Bartender

Jack Dempsey

as Himself

Muhammad Ali

as Himself (as Cassius Clay)

Lou Gilbert

as Dr. Gilbert

Michael Conrad

as Ma Greeny's Thug

Rory Calhoun

as Himself

Steve Belloise

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Al Bain

as Police Officer (uncredited)

William Calhoun

as Self - Rivera's wrestling opponent (uncredited)

Nancy Cushman

as Woman on Elevator (uncredited)

Sig Frohlich

as Diner Patron (uncredited)

John Indrisano

as Barfly Watching TV (uncredited)

Arthur M. Mercante

as Referee (uncredited)

Angelo Rossitto

as Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)

David Susskind

as Self - Trailor Narrator (uncredited)

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