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Requiem for a Heavyweight (16-Oct-1962)
Director: Ralph Nelson Writer: Rod Serling Music Composed and Conducted by: Laurence Rosenthal Producer: David Susskind Keywords: Sports Drama, Boxing Heavyweight boxer Mountain Rivera finds himself at the end of his 17-year career after a 7th-round knockout by Cassius Clay; after the fight, the New York State Athletic Commission pulls his card for good. Barely possessing an education, Rivera faces bleak prospects. Emotionally draining view of the underside of boxing, adapted from a 1956 Peabody Award-winning Playhouse 90 television drama.
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