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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

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Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into trouble. When he gets out after many years he has ... See full summary »

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Rocky
Pier Angeli ...
Norma
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Irving Cohen
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Ma Barbella
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Romolo
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Nick Barbella
Joseph Buloff ...
Benny
Sammy White ...
Whitey Bimstein
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Heldon
Robert P. Lieb ...
District Attorney Hogan (as Robert Lieb)
Theodore Newton ...
Athletic Commissioner Edward Eagan
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Storyline

Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. 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. Written by Mattias Thuresson

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12 December 1956 (Japan)  »

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Gatans kung  »

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(Westrex Recording System) (Perspecta Sound)

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Film debut of Dean Jones. See more »

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When Rocky orders the black-and-white soda, a spoon suddenly appears as he's handing back the glass for more seltzer. See more »

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Rocky Graziano: It's not my fault that she's pregnant!
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Referenced in The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994) See more »

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"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
(1956)
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics By Sammy Cahn
Sung by Perry Como during the opening and closing credits
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Enjoyable, fun to watch
2 January 1999 | by (St. Louis, MO) – See all my reviews

How many chances do we get to watch Paul Newman overact? His over-the-top performance as an Italian-American boxing champ from New York City is lots of fun to watch. He turn Graziano into a poor man's Terry Malloy. Nice, albeit brief, performance by Sal Mineo as well, as Rocky's running buddy. Worth a look!


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