Somebody Up There Likes Me

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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

NR 07/04/1956 (US) Drama 1h 53m

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A Girl Can Lift A Fellow To The Skies!

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

Robert Wise

Director
Rocky Graziano

Novel
Rowland Barber

Novel
Ernest Lehman

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Paul Newman

Rocky Graziano
Pier Angeli

Norma Graziano
Everett Sloane

Irving Cohen
Eileen Heckart

Ma Barbella
Sal Mineo

Romolo
Harold J. Stone

Nick Barbella
Joseph Buloff

Benny
Arch Johnson

Heldon
Sammy White

Whitey Bimstein
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on April 23, 2020

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 story... read the rest.

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