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Requiem for a Heavyweight

The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!

19621h 35m 7.2/ 10

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.

Cast

  • Anthony QuinnLewis 'Mountain' Rivera
  • Jackie GleasonMaish Rennick
  • Mickey RooneyArmy
  • Julie HarrisGrace Miller
  • Stanley AdamsPerelli (as Stan Adams)
  • Madame SpivyMa Greeny
  • Val AveryYoung fighter's promoter
  • Herbie FayeCharlie, the Bartender
  • Jack DempseyHimself
  • Muhammad AliHimself (as Cassius Clay)
  • Lou GilbertDr. Gilbert
  • Michael ConradMa Greeny's Thug
  • Rory CalhounHimself
  • B
    Barney Ross
  • W
    Willie Pep
  • S
    Steve BelloiseHotel Desk Clerk

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