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🥊 What shouldn't I miss? REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1962), an underseen boxing drama from the Playhouse 90 anthology features remarkable performances by Anthony Quinn and Jackie Gleason, as well as a Cassius Clay cameo—originally written by TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling! https://t.co/fhQtgSB5Kl
Author of the memoir As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling. (Updated edition with new photographs and commentary coming May 2021.)
My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was- everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity. Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling https://t.co/ggyKaazkd1