Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!
95 min
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.
- Release date
- October 16, 1962
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,100,000
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Louis 'Mountain' Rivera
- Jackie Gleason as Maish Rennick
- Mickey Rooney as Army
- Julie Harris as Grace Miller
- Stanley Adams as Perelli
- Madame Spivy as Ma Greeny
- Val Avery as Young fighter's promoter
- Herbie Faye as Charlie, the Bartender
- Jack Dempsey as Boxer Jack Dempsey
- Barney Ross
Crew
- Ralph Nelson · Director
- Rod Serling · Writer
- David Susskind · Producer
- Laurence Rosenthal · Composer
- Arthur J. Ornitz · Cinematographer
- Carl Lerner · Editor
- William Smidt · Production designer