Requiem for a Heavyweight

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life

Director

Producer

Writer

Cinematographer

Arthur J. Ornitz

Editor

Production Design

Nathaniel Burr Smidt

Costume Design

Composer

Laurence Rosenthal

Cast

Anthony Quinn , Jackie Gleason , Mickey Rooney , Julie Harris , Stanley Adams , Madame Spivy , Val Avery , Herbie Faye , Jack Dempsey , Muhammad Ali

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Genre

External

Posters

5

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) movie poster

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) movie poster

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) movie poster

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) movie poster

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) movie poster

Awards

0 wins, 1 nomination

Nom Outstanding Directing - Feature Film Ralph Nelson Requiem for a Heavyweight 1963

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