Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
· ⭐ 7.1 · Votes: 51
“The World of "Mountain" Riviera . . . The Fast Buck . . . The Angry Men . . . The Lonely Women !”
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.
CANYON
