Requiem for a Heavyweight
Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech slurred from “being hit a million times,” and he slings punches anytime he hears a bell, but his trainer and ‘cutman’ Army, and Miss Miller, a manipulative social worker, support his illusion that he could be a movie usher, a camp counselor, or a romantic partner for Miller.
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Director: Ralph Nelson, Winifred Leah Laurance
Actors: Alex Miteff, Anthony Quinn, Barney Ross, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Jackie Gleason, Julie Harris, Madame Spivy, Mickey Rooney, Stanley Adams, Val Avery
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