Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) |
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| Director(s) | Ralph Nelson |
| Producer(s) | David Susskind, Jack Grossberg |
| Top Genres | Drama, Sports |
| Top Topics | Boxing |
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Requiem for a Heavyweight
Released
1962
Anthony Quinn
(as Louis 'Mountain' River...)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
Jackie Gleason
(as Maish Rennick)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
Mickey Rooney
(as Army)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
Julie Harris
(as Grace Miller)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
Stanley Adams
(as Perelli)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
Val Avery
(as Young fighter's promot...)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
Rory Calhoun
(as Himself)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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1962
John Indrisano
(as Barfly Watching TV)
Requiem for a Heavyweight Overview:
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) was a Drama - Sports Film directed by Ralph Nelson and produced by David Susskind and Jack Grossberg.
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Double Feature: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) and (1962)
Rooney, Gleason, and Quinn in the film version Requiem for a Heavyweight was an early live television production that was so popular it garnered a feature-length adaptation a few years later. It’s relatively easy to see the merits in both because although they enlisted the same director and sc... Read full article
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Requiem for a Heavyweight Directed by Ralph Nelson Written by Rod Sterling from his teleplay 1962/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Why are all boxing movies so darned sad? Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) is coming to the end of his seventeen-year career. He’... Read full article
Classic Television Thursday #003 – Playhouse 90: Requiem For A Heavyweight (1956)
(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still be worth ... Read full article
Classic Television Thursday #003 – Playhouse 90: Requiem For A Heavyweight (1956)
(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still be worth ... Read full article
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
After seventeen years in the ring, Louis “Mountain” Rivera’s (Anthony Quinn) career as a boxer comes to an end after being knocked out by Cassius Clay. Rivera has reached a point where he could go blind if he continues to fight so he’s left with no other option but to find ... Read full article
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Requiem for a Heavyweight Quotes:
Maish Rennick: You wanna fight. You fool. You damn stupid fool. Don't you understand? Can't you get it into your silly head? There are only eight champions in this business. Everybody else is an also-ran. The good's great, but the bad stinks! Don't you understand? The odds are all you'll wind up a mumbling idiot! A STUTTERING JERK! WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME! GO HOME!
Maish Rennick: Do you really want to help him? Here's how you can help him. Leave him alone. If you gotta' say anything to him, tell him you pity him. Tell him you feel so sorry for him you could cry. But don't con him. Don't tell him he could be a counsellor at a boys' camp. He's been chasing ghosts so long he'll believe anything. Any kind of a ghost. Championship belt, pretty girl... maybe just 24 hours without an ache in his body. Doesn't make any difference. It all passed him.
Grace Miller: I just thought that - maybe the next thing he wanted he ought to get.
[starts to weep]
Grace Miller: That would only be fair. I wished to God it was something I could've given him.