Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

  • 7.8
  • 87 mins
  • Drama

Storyline

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?—John Whorfin



Short Review

A serious incisive drama that pulls no punches in its low-keyed exposure of its pitiable has been hero and the sleazy, harried sidekicks who share his sweat-stained and blood-stained world.


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