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Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston

  • 2019
  • TMDB 8.0/10
  • 1h 30m

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.

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.

Cast

  • Sven RuygrokEric Ducharme
  • D. David MorinAsh Resnick
  • Sonny ListonSelf (archive footage)
  • Mike TysonSelf
  • Jerry IzenbergSelf
  • Floyd PattersonSelf (archive footage)
  • Gene KilroySelf
  • Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)

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