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...Rod (Patterns) Serling's play Requiem for a Heavyweight was a taut, discerning glimpse into the shabby world of prizefighting. The plot dealt with an also-ran pug (Jack Palance) who is put out to pasture after in bone-bruising bouts, and finds it jarringly hard to adjust. He is a tough, disfigured blob of flesh who "could take a cannon ball in the face"; but he is also a gentle man, painfully aware of his ugliness. He is bounced around by some seedy managers and hangers-on ("Why is it," asks Trainer Ed Wynn, playing his first straight...
Playhouse 90 (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight, with Kim Hunter, Jack Palance...
After the first mile and a half, the varsity race developed into the expected duel between the Crimson's Pete Reider, Dave Norris, and captain Dave McLean, and the Friars' Rod Boucher and Bill Hanlon for the top five positions...
...Friars, who defeated Holy Cross but lost to Army, boast two outstanding runners, but little depth. Number one man, junior Bill Hanlon, defeated the varsity's ace, Pete Reider, as a freshman, while number two man, senior Rod Boucher, defeated Captain Dave McLean when the two teams last...
...Playhouse 90 (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Rod Serlings's Forbidden Area, with Charlton Heston, Diana Lynn...