Requiem for a Heavyweight
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Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech slurred from "being hit a million times," and he slings punches anytime he hears a bell, but his trainer and 'cutman' Army, and Miss Miller, a manipulative social worker, support his illusion that he could be a movie usher, a camp counselor, or a romantic partner for Miller.
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Jackie Gleason
Maish Rennick
Muhammad Ali
Himself (as Cassius Clay)
Mickey Rooney
Army
Anthony Quinn
Louis 'Mountain' Rivera
Rory Calhoun
Himself
Val Avery
Young fighter's promoter
Michael Conrad
Ma Greeny's Thug
Julie Harris
Grace Miller
Stanley Adams
Perelli (as Stan Adams)
Jack Dempsey
Himself
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