Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

NR07/04/1956Drama1h 53m
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A Girl Can Lift A Fellow To The Skies!

Overview

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

Top Billed Cast

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    Paul Newman

    Rocky Graziano

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    Pier Angeli

    Norma Graziano

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    Everett Sloane

    Irving Cohen

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    Eileen Heckart

    Ma Barbella

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    Sal Mineo

    Romolo

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    Harold J. Stone

    Nick Barbella

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    Joseph Buloff

    Benny

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    Arch Johnson

    Heldon

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    Sammy White

    Whitey Bimstein

Ma, I tried to turn the leaf but I can't make it. It's something inside me. I try but I can't make it. Directed by multi genre supremo Robert Wise, the screenplay is adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Rocky Graziano biography of the same name. Music is by Bronislau Kaper and cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. It stars Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart and Sal Mineo. This film really hits the spot to me as a portent of just what a great career Paul Newman was to have, not only that but it stands up as one of the better sports biographies I have seen. Fine stor...