Requiem for a Heavyweight

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Anthony Quinn

Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera

Age : 86 | Popularity : 20%

Jackie Gleason

Maish Rennick

Age : 71 | Popularity : 8%

Mickey Rooney

Army

Age : 93 | Popularity : 16%

Julie Harris

Grace Miller

Age : 87 | Popularity : 8%

Stanley Adams

Perelli (as Stan Adams)

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Madame Spivy

Ma Greeny

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Val Avery

Young fighter's promoter

Age : 85 | Popularity : 14%

Herbie Faye

Charlie, the Bartender

Age : 81 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Carl Lerner
Writing	Writer	Rod Serling
Directing	Director	Ralph Nelson
	Script Supervisor	Winifred Leah Laurance
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Dick Smith
	Costume Design	John Boxer
Camera	Director of Photography	Arthur J. Ornitz
Production	Producer	David Susskind
	Associate Producer	Jack Grossberg
	Production Manager	David Golden
Sound	Original Music Composer	Laurence Rosenthal
Art	Production Design	Nathaniel Burr Smidt
Department	Role	Name

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