Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) was a Drama - Sports Film directed by Ralph Nelson and produced by David Susskind and Jack Grossberg.

Double Feature: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) and (1962)

Rooney, Gleason, and Quinn in the film version 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 because although they enlisted the same director and sc... Read full article

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight Directed by Ralph Nelson Written by Rod Sterling from his teleplay 1962/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Why are all boxing movies so darned sad? Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) is coming to the end of his seventeen-year career. ?He’s... Read full article

Classic Television Thursday #003 – Playhouse 90: Requiem For A Heavyweight (1956)

(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still be worth ... Read full article

Classic Television Thursday #003 – Playhouse 90: Requiem For A Heavyweight (1956)

(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still be worth ... Read full article

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

After seventeen years in the ring, Louis “Mountain” Rivera’s (Anthony Quinn) career as a boxer comes to an end after being knocked out by Cassius Clay.? Rivera has reached a point where he could go blind if he continues to fight so he’s left with no other option but to find a... Read full article