Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.
- Released
- 1962-10-16
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ralph Nelson, Rod Serling
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 86 votes
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera
- Jackie Gleason as Maish Rennick
- Mickey Rooney as Army
- Julie Harris as Grace Miller
- Stanley Adams as Perelli (as Stan Adams)
- Madame Spivy as Ma Greeny
- Val Avery as Young fighter's promoter
- Herbie Faye as Charlie, the Bartender
- Jack Dempsey as Himself
- Muhammad Ali as Himself (as Cassius Clay)
- Lou Gilbert as Dr. Gilbert
- Michael Conrad as Ma Greeny's Thug