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

CAST

Starring
Paul Newman	...   Rocky Graziano
Pier Angeli	...   Norma
With
Everett Sloane	...   Irving Cohen
Eileen Heckart	...   Ma Barbella
Sal Mineo	...   Romolo
Harold J. Stone	...   Nick Barbella
Joseph Buloff	...   Benny
Sammy White	...   Whitey Bimstein
Arch Johnson	...   Heldon
Robert Lieb	...   Interrogator
Theodore Newton	...   Commissioner Eagan

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