Requiem for a Heavyweight

IMDb link: 0056406
IMDb rating: 7.8 (5,333 votes)
Genres: Drama, Sport
Director: Anthony Quinn, Mickey Rooney, Ralph Nelson
Cast: Julie Harris, Jackie Gleason and others

Release date: 16 Nov 1962
Release year: 1962
Runtime: 95 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: social worker, second chance, boxing match, based on tv movie, new york city, boxer, four word title, watching tv, bar, ex boxer

Plot:

Mountain Rivera, a punchy has-been managed by the unprincipled Maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. Can his devoted cutman and a sympathetic social worker help him find a life outside the ring, or will Maish find a way to exploit him one more time?

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