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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. [3] [4] The supporting cast features Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, and Sal Mineo . The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won ...
- $1,920,000
- Charles Schnee
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.
- Robert Wise
- 81
- 3 min
Mar 28, 2022. Nov 26, 2019. 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 of detention centers and prisons. When ...
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- Paul Newman
- Robert Wise
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Somebody Up There Likes Me -- (Movie Ciip) I See The Devil! Following the childhood vignette, Rocky (Paul Newman) still running from the cops, first with Ma (Eileen Heckart) then with his ex-fighter inebriate dad (Harold J. Stone), in Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956, from Ernest Lehman's screenplay.
- 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) 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 Middleweight Champion of the World. 382 IMDb 7.5 1 h 53 min 1956. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Documentary · Downbeat · Emotional.
In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into trouble. When he gets out after many years he has decided to start a new life. However, he is immediately drafted to the army. But they can't keep him and he goes AWOL. Rocky discovers boxing as a way of earning quick money, and is discovered as a new talent. — Mattias Thuresson.
