Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962 ‧ Sport/Drama ‧ 1h 35m
7.8/10 · IMDb
89% · Rotten Tomatoes
Fictional aging heavyweight Louis "Mountain" Rivera (Anthony Quinn) is felled by young Cassius Clay, the future Muhammad Ali, and finds his professional career over. His manipulative manager (Jackie Gleason) owes money on bets placed against...
Release date: October 16, 1962 (USA)
Show: Movie
Director: Ralph Nelson
Screenplay: Rod Serling
Story by: Rod Serling
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
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"Requiem for a Heavyweight" is a teleplay written by Rod Serling and produced for the live television show Playhouse 90 on 11 October 1956.
Knockout performances by Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris highlight this hard-hitting drama of corruption in the fight game.