Requiem for a Heavyweight
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.
Top Billed Cast
Anthony Quinn
Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera
Jackie Gleason
Maish Rennick
Mickey Rooney
Army
Julie Harris
Grace Miller
Stanley Adams
Perelli (as Stan Adams)
Featured Crew
Ralph Nelson
Director
Nathaniel Burr Smidt
Production Design
Jack Grossberg
Associate Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Carl Lerner
Editor
Arthur J. Ornitz
Director of Photography
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
David Golden
Production Manager
John Boxer
Costume Design
Rod Serling
Screenplay
Winifred Leah Laurance
Script Supervisor
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