Somebody Up There Likes Me (3-Jul-1956)
Director: Robert Wise Writer: Ernest Lehman Based on a book: Somebody Up There Likes Me by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber (autobiography) Music by: Bronislau Kaper Producer: Charles Schnee Keywords: Sports Drama, Boxing, Biography Young petty criminal Rocky Barbella from the Lower East Side serves time in jail, get drafted by the Army, and goes AWOL before discovering his true calling as a middleweight boxer, under the name Rocky Graziano. Along the way he marries a Jewish girl, played by Pier Angeli. Paul Newman is superb in this role, originally intended for James Dean. Received Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Set Decoration, and a nomination for Best Editing.
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Pier Angeli |
Actor |
19-Jun-1932 |
10-Sep-1971 |
Tomorrow Is Too Late |
Joseph Buloff |
Actor |
20-Jan-1899 |
27-Feb-1985 |
Yiddish stage actor |
Eileen Heckart |
Actor |
29-Mar-1919 |
31-Dec-2001 |
Butterflies Are Free |
Sal Mineo |
Actor |
10-Jan-1939 |
12-Feb-1976 |
Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
Theodore Newton |
Actor |
4-Aug-1904 |
28-Feb-1963 |
The Working Man |
Everett Sloane |
Actor |
1-Oct-1909 |
6-Aug-1965 |
Patterns |
Harold J. Stone |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
18-Nov-2005 |
The Harder They Fall |
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