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Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 American drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Paul Newman and Pier Angeli, based on the life of middleweight boxing legend Rocky Graziano. The supporting cast features Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, and Sal Mineo.
Somebody Up There Likes Me: Directed by Robert Wise. With Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart. Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Robert Wise
- 1956-07-04
Based on Graziano's autobiography, Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) reveals the life of the boxer as he evolves from a young, poor ruffian, to a reform school student, to a prison inmate, to a middleweight boxing champion. Pier Angeli plays his supportive wife, Norma.
- Robert Wise, Robert Saunders
- Joseph Buloff
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Movie Info Synopsis The abuse Rocky Barbella (Paul Newman) endures at the hand of his father and subsequent run-ins with the law lead him in and out...
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- Paul Newman
- Robert Wise
- Biography
YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 193. Paul Newman rose to stardom for his portrayal of the real-life Rocky Graziano, a man who fought his way up from a life of crime to become...
Nov 30, 2019 · Based on the life of boxer Rocky Graziano, Somebody Up There Likes Me tells the story of a quick-tempered street thug from the Lower East Side with a history of petty crimes, who eventually turns his life around and becomes the World Middleweight Champion.
