Rent Requiem for a Heavyweight
(1962)
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Knockout performances by Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris highlight this hard-hitting drama of corruption in the fight game.
After 17 years in the ring, it's the final bell for Mountain Rivera (Quinn). A fight doctor confirms one more punch for the washed-up heavyweight and he could become permanently disabled. Reluctantly, but with the support of his faithful trainer (Rooney) and a kindly employment counsellor (Harris), Rivera tries to land a job outside the ring. But his calculating manager Maish (Gleason) has other plans for Rivera. With the mob closing in on him for payment of a huge gambling debts, Maish coerces Rivera into returning to the ring for a lucrative, yet humiliating, career in staged wrestling matches.
A heartbreaking lead performance by double Oscar winner Quinn (Best Supporting Actor, Viva Zapata, 1952 and Lust For Life, 1956) and a triumphant big screen adaptation by writer Rod Serling and director Ralph Nelson of their Emmy-winning "Playhouse 90" television production, Requiem For A Heavyweight packs a devastating punch.
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Rated: 3.0 stars out of 5 from 1 ratings
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Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
| Release Date: | 01/08/2005 |
| Production Year: | 1962 |
| Run Time: | 92 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | B & W |
