Requiem for a Heavyweight

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

• Ralph NelsonDirector
• Laurence RosenthalOriginal Music Composer
• Rod SerlingScreenplay

• Anthony QuinnLewis 'Mountain' Rivera
• Jackie GleasonMaish Rennick
• Mickey RooneyArmy
• Julie HarrisGrace Miller
• Stanley AdamsPerelli (as Stan Adams)
• Madame SpivyMa Greeny
• Val AveryYoung fighter's promoter
• Herbie FayeCharlie, the Bartender
• Jack DempseyHimself
• Muhammad AliHimself (as Cassius Clay)
• Lou GilbertDr. Gilbert
• Michael ConradMa Greeny's Thug