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* AdaptationalNameChange: The heavyweight of the title was called Mountain in the original ''Series/Playhouse90'' episode, but is called Luis in the movie.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: The heavyweight of the title was called Mountain named Harlan [=McClintock=] in the original ''Series/Playhouse90'' episode, but is called Luis Rivera in the movie.film.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: The heavyweight of the title was called Mountain in the original ''Series/Playhouse90'' episode, but is called Luis in the movie.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In the original ''Series/Playhouse90'' episode, Mountain doesn't get into professional wrestling, and instead possibly has a job teaching kids how to box (the episode ends with him teaching a young boy he meets on the train ride to his childhood home). The movie offers him no such out.
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Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film begins with Luis taking a brutal beatdown -- at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself -- that ends in a seventh-round knockout. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight warns that he should never fight again, due to the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or death from bleeding on the brain.
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Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film begins with Luis taking a brutal beatdown -- at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself -- that ends in a seventh-round knockout. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight warns tells him that he should never fight again, due to warning him of the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or death from bleeding on the brain.
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Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney), and a friendly social worker, Grace Miller (Harris), both want to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Grace sets him up with an interview to become a camp counselor for children. However, Luis's deeply cynical manager, Maish (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a Rennick meal ticket.
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Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney), and a friendly social worker, Grace Miller (Harris), both want to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Grace sets him up with an interview to become a camp counselor for children. However, Luis's his deeply cynical manager, Maish Rennick (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a Rennick meal ticket.
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''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' is a 1962 drama film directed by Ralph Morgan, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn, Creator/JackieGleason, Creator/MickeyRooney, and Creator/JulieHarris.
Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film opens with Luis taking a brutal beatdown that ends with a seventh-round knockout, at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight says that he should never fight again, due to the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or the risk of death from bleeding on the brain.
Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney), wants to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Luis meets a friendly social worker, Grace (Harris), who sets Luis up with an interview to become a camp counselor. However, Luis's deeply cynical manager, Maish (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a meal ticket.
''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' is a 1962 drama film directed by Ralph Morgan, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn, Creator/JackieGleason, Creator/MickeyRooney, and Creator/JulieHarris.
Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film opens with Luis taking a brutal beatdown that ends with a seventh-round knockout, at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight says that he should never fight again, due to the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or the risk of death from bleeding on the brain.
Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney), wants to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Luis meets a friendly social worker, Grace (Harris), who sets Luis up with an interview to become a camp counselor. However, Luis's deeply cynical manager, Maish (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a meal ticket.
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''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' is a 1962 drama film directed by RalphMorgan, Morgan and starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn, Creator/JackieGleason, Creator/MickeyRooney, and Creator/JulieHarris.
Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The filmopens begins with Luis taking a brutal beatdown that ends with a seventh-round knockout, -- at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself. himself -- that ends in a seventh-round knockout. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight says warns that he should never fight again, due to the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or the risk of death from bleeding on the brain.
Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney),wants and a friendly social worker, Grace Miller (Harris), both want to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Luis meets a friendly social worker, Grace (Harris), who sets Luis him up with an interview to become a camp counselor. counselor for children. However, Luis's deeply cynical manager, Maish (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a Rennick meal ticket.
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''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' is a 1962 drama film directed by Ralph Morgan, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn, Creator/JackieGleason, Creator/MickeyRooney, and Creator/JulieHarris.
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''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' is a 1962 film directed by Ralph Morgan, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn, Creator/JackieGleason, Creator/MickeyRooney, and Julie Harris.
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* CastTheExpert: In addition to Muhammad Ali in the film, the earlier TV version had Jack Palance as the main character. Palance had been a semi-pro boxer before he started acting.
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* TitleRequiem: Appropriate for a heavyweight boxer at the end of his career, which has been a sad failure.
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* TitleRequiem: Appropriate for a heavyweight boxer at the end of his career, which has been a sad failure.failure.
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The screenplay was written by Creator/RodSerling, best known as the creator of ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''. The film was a remake of a 1956 episode of ''Series/Playhouse90'', also directed by Nelson and written by Serling, which starred Jack Palance as the boxer.
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The screenplay was written by Creator/RodSerling, best known as the creator of ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''. The film was a remake of a 1956 episode of ''Series/Playhouse90'', also directed by Nelson and written by Serling, which starred Jack Palance Creator/JackPalance as the boxer.
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The screenplay was written by Creator/RodSerling, best known as the creator of ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''. The film was a remake of a 1955 TV movie, 1956 episode of ''Series/Playhouse90'', also directed by Nelson and written by Serling, which starred Jack Palance as the boxer.
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* DownerEnding: Luis doesn't get the girl, and he seems doomed to a humiliating life as a wrestler, playing an ugly stereotype.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: It seems like a romance between Grace and Luis is blooming, but after he kisses her forcefully and pulls her onto the bed, she recoils. She leaves the apartment and they never see each other again.
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* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: How to establish that yes, the wrestling will be really really degrading? Start with a scene showing midget wrestling.
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* TheCameo: Yep, that's really Muhammad Ali in the opening scene, knocking Luis out. This film was made when Ali, then still Cassius Clay, was a rising heavyweight contender two years away from winning the title.
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** Jack Dempsey also has a cameo. Luis and Maish get drunk at his bar.
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** Jack Dempsey also has a cameo. Luis and Maish get drunk at his bar.
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* {{Kayfabe}}: DiscussedTrope. Perelli the wrestling promoter explains to Luis that the only things he has to know to be a wrestler are "how to make it look real" and how to fall without getting hurt.
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* TheOner: The opening, a POVShot of Luis during a fight. It continues after the match as he's led out of the ring and ends with him in front of a mirror, giving the audience a first look at his swollen, beaten face.
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* SportsStories: A particularly melancholy tale of a washed-up boxer.
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* SportsStories: A particularly melancholy tale of a washed-up boxer.boxer.
* TitleRequiem: Appropriate for a heavyweight boxer at the end of his career, which has been a sad failure.
* TitleRequiem: Appropriate for a heavyweight boxer at the end of his career, which has been a sad failure.
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''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' is a 1962 film directed by Ralph Morgan, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn, Jackie Gleason, Creator/MickeyRooney, and Julie Harris.
Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film opens with Luis taking a brutal beatdown that ends with a seventh-round knockout, at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight says that he should never fight again, due to the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or the risk of death from bleeding on the brain.
Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney), wants to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Luis meets a friendly social worker, Grace (Harris), who sets Luis up with an interview to become a camp counselor. However, Luis's deeply cynical manager, Maish (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a meal ticket.
The screenplay was written by Creator/RodSerling, best known as the creator of ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''. The film was a remake of a 1955 TV movie, also directed by Nelson and written by Serling, which starred Jack Palance as the boxer.
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* TheCameo: Yep, that's really Muhammad Ali in the opening scene, knocking Luis out. This film was made when Ali, then still Cassius Clay, was a rising heavyweight contender two years away from winning the title.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Dark, shadowy lighting as a frightened Maish runs out of the locker rooms and into the arena, trying to escape Ma and her goons.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Ma Greeny, the evil lady gangster, is ostentatiously puffing on a cigarette as she threatens Maish with his life if he doesn't get her money back.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Luis, who really didn't get all that far in the boxing world, clings to the rather thin glory of being ranked fifth among heavyweights...ten years ago in 1952.
* ImpairmentShot: The first scene features an extended Impairment Shot from the POV of Luis, who is getting knocked out by Cassius Clay. The image warps in and out of focus as Luis drifts on the edge of consciousness.
* SportsStories: A particularly melancholy tale of a washed-up boxer.
Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film opens with Luis taking a brutal beatdown that ends with a seventh-round knockout, at the hands of [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Cassius Clay]] himself. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight says that he should never fight again, due to the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or the risk of death from bleeding on the brain.
Luis's trainer, "Army" (Rooney), wants to help the poorly educated, no-skills Luis get a job. Luis meets a friendly social worker, Grace (Harris), who sets Luis up with an interview to become a camp counselor. However, Luis's deeply cynical manager, Maish (Gleason), who bet on Luis to lose the Clay fight and is deep in debt to gamblers, still needs Luis as a meal ticket.
The screenplay was written by Creator/RodSerling, best known as the creator of ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''. The film was a remake of a 1955 TV movie, also directed by Nelson and written by Serling, which starred Jack Palance as the boxer.
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* TheCameo: Yep, that's really Muhammad Ali in the opening scene, knocking Luis out. This film was made when Ali, then still Cassius Clay, was a rising heavyweight contender two years away from winning the title.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Dark, shadowy lighting as a frightened Maish runs out of the locker rooms and into the arena, trying to escape Ma and her goons.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Ma Greeny, the evil lady gangster, is ostentatiously puffing on a cigarette as she threatens Maish with his life if he doesn't get her money back.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Luis, who really didn't get all that far in the boxing world, clings to the rather thin glory of being ranked fifth among heavyweights...ten years ago in 1952.
* ImpairmentShot: The first scene features an extended Impairment Shot from the POV of Luis, who is getting knocked out by Cassius Clay. The image warps in and out of focus as Luis drifts on the edge of consciousness.
* SportsStories: A particularly melancholy tale of a washed-up boxer.
