Requiem for a Heavyweight 1956

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Requiem for a Heavyweight ★★★ 1956

Original TV version of the story about an American Indian heavyweight boxer played by Palance who risks blindness in order to help his manager pay off bookies. Highly acclaimed teleplay written for “Playhouse 90.” 90m/B VHS . Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Kim Hunter, Ned Glass; D: Ralph Nelson; W: Rod Serling. TV

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