Requiem for a Heavyweight
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Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1956
Comedy, Drama
TV Episode
1h 13m
A punch-drunk prizefighter (Jack Palance) is forced to face life outside the ring in Rod Serling's searing indictment of the professional boxing underworld. Costarring father and son Ed and Keenan Wynn, the former in his dramatic debut, and directed by Ralph Nelson, the Emmy Award-winning Requiem for a Heavyweight is a moving portrait of a would-be champion. (Criterion.com)

Directed by:

Ralph Nelson
Ralph-Nelson
23 total credits
Credits include: Lilies of the Field, Charly, Father Goose and Requiem for a Heavyweight

Writer:

Rod Serling
Rod-Serling
69 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Twilight Zone

Starring:

Keenan Wynn
Keenan-Wynn
149 total credits
Credits include: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Once Upon a Time in the West, Point Blank, The Last Unicorn and Piranha
,
Jack Palance
Jack-Palance
102 total credits
Volodymyr Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Палагнюк; February 18, 1919 - November 10, 2006), known professionally as Jack Palance, was an American film actor. During half a century of film and television appearances he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers...(Wikipedia)
,
Kim Hunter
Kim-Hunter
45 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Matter of Life and Death and Beneath the Planet of the Apes
,
Ed Wynn
Ed-Wynn
19 total credits
Credits include: Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, The Diary of Anne Frank, Babes in Toyland and Cinderfella
,
Stanley Adams
Stanley-Adams
47 total credits
Credits include: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lilies of the Field, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Night Stalker and Requiem for a Heavyweight
,
Ned Glass
Ned-Glass
44 total credits
Credits include: West Side Story, Charade, The War of the Worlds, The Love Bug and They Drive by Night
,
Max Baer
Max-Baer
15 total credits
Credits include: The Harder They Fall, Africa Screams, The Prizefighter and the Lady, Requiem for a Heavyweight and The Navy Comes Through
,
Richard Joy
Richard-Joy
2 total credits
Credits include: Requiem for a Heavyweight and Playhouse 90

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Crime

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1956
Comedy, Drama
TV Episode
1h 13m
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Ratings & Reviews

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Compact view
Average Percentile: 77.17%
29 Aug 2023
60
50th
I'm sure that I would have enjoyed this more if I hadn't already watched the theatrical remake. But that just wasn't how things went down.
13 Jul 2021
70
54th
Palance throws himself into it with an intensity and commitment let down by the broad characterization and an ending that makes it hard to credit the "indictment" of boxing. (For the theatrical remake, the ending would be changed about as much as an ending can be changed. It would be an improvement.) But even watching today, the live-ness provides an undeniable electricity, and gives an idea of what was lost when that beast James T. Aubrey cancelled all these shows for THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
13 May 2020
80
68th
This is a beautiful production. Jack Palance is a beautiful, tender monster in this. Kim Hunter is wonderful. Father and son Ed and Keenan Wynn play off each other, Ed in his first dramatic role. I love this.
25 Oct 2014
90
94th
A great deal of cinematic beauty from a live TV broadcast of all things! Amazing, emotionally engaging stuff.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Ralph Nelson
Ralph-Nelson
23 total credits
Credits include: Lilies of the Field, Charly, Father Goose and Requiem for a Heavyweight

Writer:

Rod Serling
Rod-Serling
69 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Twilight Zone

Starring:

Keenan Wynn
Keenan-Wynn
149 total credits
Credits include: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Once Upon a Time in the West, Point Blank, The Last Unicorn and Piranha
,
Jack Palance
Jack-Palance
102 total credits
Volodymyr Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Палагнюк; February 18, 1919 - November 10, 2006), known professionally as Jack Palance, was an American film actor. During half a century of film and television appearances he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers...(Wikipedia)
,
Kim Hunter
Kim-Hunter
45 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Matter of Life and Death and Beneath the Planet of the Apes
,
Ed Wynn
Ed-Wynn
19 total credits
Credits include: Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, The Diary of Anne Frank, Babes in Toyland and Cinderfella
,
Stanley Adams
Stanley-Adams
47 total credits
Credits include: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lilies of the Field, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Night Stalker and Requiem for a Heavyweight
,
Ned Glass
Ned-Glass
44 total credits
Credits include: West Side Story, Charade, The War of the Worlds, The Love Bug and They Drive by Night
,
Max Baer
Max-Baer
15 total credits
Credits include: The Harder They Fall, Africa Screams, The Prizefighter and the Lady, Requiem for a Heavyweight and The Navy Comes Through
,
Richard Joy
Richard-Joy
2 total credits
Credits include: Requiem for a Heavyweight and Playhouse 90

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Crime

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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