Requiem for a Heavyweight

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American film boxing film drama feature film sports drama film teleplay television play

Requiem for a Heavyweight is a critically acclaimed American drama, originally a 1956 teleplay by Rod Serling and later a 1962 film, about an aging boxer facing the end of his career and his struggle for dignity outside the ring.

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Requiem for a Heavyweight canonical 11
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film) 1
Requiem for a Heavyweight (television play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
boxing film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
teleplay ⓘ
television play ⓘ
adaptedAs Requiem for a Heavyweight self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film)
award Peabody Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Teleplay Writing ⓘ
basedOn Requiem for a Heavyweight self-linksurface differs ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur J. Ornitz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Rod Serling ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director Ralph Nelson ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Ralph Rosenblum ⓘ
genre boxing film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
sports drama ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
television drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Harlan "Mountain" McClintock ⓘ
medium live television ⓘ
musicBy Laurence Rosenthal ⓘ
narrativeFocus aging boxer facing the end of his career ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of an aging boxer’s struggle for dignity outside the ring ⓘ
originalAirDate 1956-10-11 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
partOfSeries Playhouse 90 (TV series episodes) ⓘ
surface form: Playhouse 90
producer David Susskind ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runningTime 95 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Rod Serling ⓘ
Rod Serling ⓘ
starring Anthony Quinn ⓘ
Jackie Gleason ⓘ
Julie Harris ⓘ
Mickey Rooney ⓘ
theme dignity ⓘ
exploitation in professional sports ⓘ
loss of identity ⓘ
transition to life after sports ⓘ

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Ralph Nelson → notableWork → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Ralph Nelson → directed → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Requiem for a Heavyweight → adaptedAs → Requiem for a Heavyweight self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film)
Requiem for a Heavyweight → basedOn → Requiem for a Heavyweight self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation) → basedOn → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
David Susskind → notableWork → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Jack Palance → emmyAwardFor → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Rod Serling → notableWork → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Jackie Gleason → notableWork → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock → notableWork → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock → appearsIn → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock → createdFor → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock → fictionalUniverse → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Requiem for a Heavyweight universe
Julie Harris → notableWork → Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Requiem for a Heavyweight (television play)