Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

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, Winifred Leah Laurance
Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy, Val Avery, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, Lou Gilbert, Michael Conrad, Rory Calhoun, Barney Ross, Willie Pep, Steve Belloise, Abe Simon, Stan Ross, J.J. Ballargeon, Paolo Rosi, Alex Miteff, Gus Lesnevich, Al Bain, William Calhoun, Nancy Cushman, Sig Frohlich, John Indrisano, Arthur M. Mercante, Angelo Rossitto, David Susskind
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