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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1962 · 85 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Ralph Nelson
- Starring
- Mickey Rooney, Jackie Gleason, Anthony Quinn, Muhammad Ali, Julie Harris, Rory Calhoun
Veteran heavyweight near‑champion Mountain Rivera finds himself washed up, forced to rely on prizefighting alone. Pressured by gangsters after defaulting on a gambling debt, his scheming manager Maish Rennick pushes a sham wrestling bout to earn fast cash. Both Maish and Rivera’s loyal trainer, Army, protest the degrading plan, leaving the disillusioned boxer to wonder if any honorable path remains.
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