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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Requiem for a Heavyweight is a 1962 drama film directed by Ralph Morgan and starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, and Julie Harris.Luis "Mountain" Rivera (Quinn) is a washed-up heavyweight boxer. The film begins with Luis taking a brutal beatdown — at the hands of Cassius Clay himself — that ends in a seventh-round knockout. The doctor who examines Luis after the fight tells him that he should never fight again, warning him of the risk of blindness from sclerotic damage in his eyes or death from bleeding on the brain.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, 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 meal ticket.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The screenplay was written by Rod Serling, best known as the creator of The Twilight Zone. The film was a remake of a 1956 episode of Playhouse 90, also directed by Nelson and written by Serling, which starred Jack Palance as the boxer. | |
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The Cameo: 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. Jack Dempsey also has a cameo. Luis and Maish get drunk at his bar. | |
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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. | |
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Did Not Get the Girl: 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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