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Release Date:
October 16, 1962
Original Title:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Alternate Titles:
Requiem pour un champion
Réquiem por un boxeador
Réquiem por un campeón
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
IE: 12
Runtime: 85
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.
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Associate Producer:
Jack Grossberg
Costume Design:
John Boxer
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Director of Photography:
Arthur J. Ornitz
Editor:
Carl Lerner
Makeup Artist:
Dick Smith
Original Music Composer:
Laurence Rosenthal
Producer:
David Susskind
Production Design:
Nathaniel Burr Smidt
Production Manager:
David Golden
Screenplay:
Rod Serling
Script Supervisor:
Winifred Leah Laurance
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