Requiem for a Heavyweight
(1962)

The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!

Released: 1962-10-16

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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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Anthony Quinn

as Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera

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Jackie Gleason

as Maish Rennick

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Stanley Adams

as Perelli (as Stan Adams)

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Madame Spivy

as Ma Greeny

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Val Avery

as Young fighter's promoter

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Herbie Faye

as Charlie, the Bartender

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Muhammad Ali

as Himself (as Cassius Clay)

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Lou Gilbert

as Dr. Gilbert

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Michael Conrad

as Ma Greeny's Thug

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Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

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Nathaniel Burr Smidt

Production Design

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Arthur J. Ornitz

Director of Photography

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Jack Grossberg

Associate Producer

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John Boxer

Costume Design

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Dick Smith

Makeup Artist

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David Golden

Production Manager

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