Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962/10/16 (US) | Drama
The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!
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.
Ralph Nelson
Director
Rod Serling
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Anthony Quinn
Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera
Jackie Gleason
Maish Rennick
Mickey Rooney
Army
Julie Harris
Grace Miller
Stanley Adams
Perelli (as Stan Adams)
Madame Spivy
Ma Greeny
Val Avery
Young fighter's promoter
Budget
$ 1,100,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Columbia Pictures
Crews
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