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
Plot Keywords
boxer, trainer, manager, wrestler, emotional, gripping, rousing, new york city, boxing ring, boxing, humiliation, retirement, fall, transformation, 1960s
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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