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Requiem for a Heavyweight

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Calorie Rating: 133
Released: 1962-10-16
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Budget: 1100000
Studios: Columbia Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Winifred Leah Laurance
Script Supervisor


Cast

Anthony Quinn
Character: Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera
Jackie Gleason
Character: Maish Rennick
Mickey Rooney
Character: Army

Julie Harris
Character: Grace Miller
Stanley Adams
Character: Perelli (as Stan Adams)
Madame Spivy
Character: Ma Greeny

Val Avery
Character: Young fighter's promoter
Herbie Faye
Character: Charlie, the Bartender
Jack Dempsey
Character: Himself

Muhammad Ali
Character: Himself (as Cassius Clay)
Lou Gilbert
Character: Dr. Gilbert
Michael Conrad
Character: Ma Greeny's Thug

Rory Calhoun
Character: Himself

Steve Belloise
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk


Al Bain
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
William Calhoun
Character: Self - Rivera's wrestling opponent (uncredited)

Nancy Cushman
Character: Woman on Elevator (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Character: Diner Patron (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Character: Barfly Watching TV (uncredited)

Arthur M. Mercante
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
Character: Midget Wrestler Outside Wrestling Ring (uncredited)
David Susskind
Character: Self - Trailor Narrator (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Nathaniel Burr Smidt
Production Design

Arthur J. Ornitz
Director of Photography
Jack Grossberg
Associate Producer

John Boxer
Costume Design
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
David Golden
Production Manager

Rod Serling
Screenplay