The world of Mountain Riviera... the fast buck... the angry men... the lonely woman!
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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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Anthony QuinnLewis 'Mountain' Rivera
- Jackie GleasonMaish Rennick
- Mickey RooneyArmy
- Julie HarrisGrace Miller
- Stanley AdamsPerelli (as Stan Adams)
- Madame SpivyMa Greeny
- Val AveryYoung fighter's promoter
- Herbie FayeCharlie, the Bartender
- Jack DempseyHimself
- Muhammad AliHimself (as Cassius Clay)
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- Ralph NelsonDirector
- Rod SerlingScreenplay
- Arthur J. OrnitzDirector of Photography
- Laurence RosenthalOriginal Music Composer
- Carl LernerEditor
- David SusskindProducer
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