Requiem for a Heavyweight
7.2
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1962-10-16
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Drama
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.
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 |
