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“Requiem for a Heavyweight” is assured a top rung among 1962’s movies. Man's subhumanity to man is the theme of the film.

The taut, concise characterizations that the stars so perceptively delineate grip one's innermost self and force the question, "Is the victory's success worth the trampled lives of the others?"

Requiem for a Heavyweight has been etched in acid, framed in uncompromising realism and comes to life with one of the year's finest dramatic performances.

What distinguishes "Requiem" -- which pretends to be hard-boiled but it is really a softie at heart -- is the excellence of the portrayals by the four principal players.

... a grim debunking of the glory of the gory business of leather-pushing which bedazzles with the excellence of its performances and production values.