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Requiem for a Heavyweight backdrop
The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!
Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 82 ratings · 16 Oct 1962 · English · 1h 35m · Released
After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.
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