Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Release Date: 16 October 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.
Runtime: 85 min
Vote Average: 7.2
Vote Count: 74
Production Companies : Columbia Pictures,
Production Countries: United States of America
Budget: $ 1100000
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