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Requiem for a Heavyweight is a film directed by Ralph Nelson with Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris .... Year: 1962. Original title: Requiem for a Heavyweight. Synopsis: Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round.
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 ...
26 de jul. de 2002 · Requiem for a Heavyweight. Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney. Six years after Jack Palance brilliantly essayed the character of Mountain Rivera on television’s “Playhouse 90,” Anthony Quinn took on the role of the battered boxer for this big-screen adaptation of Rod Serling’s Emmy-winning teleplay.
24 de abr. de 2024 · 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…
Título original: Requiem for a Heavyweight. Sinopsis: La carrera de Louis Rivera como boxeador llega a su fin tras una derrota ante el joven Cassius Clay. Ahora debe enfrentar el reto de encontrar su nuevo lugar en la sociedad. (FILMAFFINITY)Puedes ver Réquiem por un campeón mediante Alquiler,Compra en las plataformas: Apple TV,Amazon Video.
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 ...
Based on the teleplay "Requiem for a Heavyweight" by Rod Serling on Playhouse 90 (CBS, 11 Oct 1956).
