Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
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 Ruygrok
Eric Ducharme
D. David Morin
Ash Resnick
Sonny Liston
Self (archive footage)
Mike Tyson
Self
Jerry Izenberg
Self
Floyd Patterson
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kilroy
Self
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Wepner
Self (archive footage)
Storyline
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.
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