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Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
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Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston

Nov 15, 2019
1h 30m
★ 8.0

Overview

Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Showtime Sports
RAW

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Cast

Sven Ruygrok

Eric Ducharme

Sven Ruygrok

D. David Morin

Ash Resnick

D. David Morin

Sonny Liston

Self (archive footage)

Sonny Liston

Mike Tyson

Self

Mike Tyson

Jerry Izenberg

Self

Jerry Izenberg

Floyd Patterson

Self (archive footage)

Floyd Patterson

Gene Kilroy

Self

Gene Kilroy

Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

Chuck Wepner

Self (archive footage)

Chuck Wepner

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