- HD 1080
- Runtime: 85m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Ralph Nelson
- Stars: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams
- keywords: new york city, champion, second chance, prizefight, drunkenness, fight manager, boxing, heavyweight boxer
- Production_studio: Columbia Pictures
- Slogan: The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Requiem for a Heavyweight is featured in the top rankings of 1962
- #44 in Top Drama Movies of 1962
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 degrading proposition, the disillusioned Mountain begins to wonder if he has any options left.