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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
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Release Date:
12 December 1956 (Japan)
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A Girl Can Lift A Fellow To The Skies! more
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Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined...
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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3 nominations
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Paul Newman | ... | Rocky |
 | Pier Angeli | ... | Norma |
| 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 P. Lieb | ... | District Attorney Hogan (as Robert Lieb) |
| Theodore Newton | ... | Athletic Commissioner Edward Eagan |
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113 min (copyright time)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System) (Perspecta Sound)
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Spain:7 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Norway:16 |
USA:Approved (certificate #18008) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Sweden:15 |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-16 |
UK:A (original rating) (cut) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1994)
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Fresh off her Oscar win, Eva Marie Saint had been considered for the role of Norma.
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Continuity: During the scene where the manager comes to the house, passing all the news crews, the door of the house has three small windows in descending order. Once inside the house with Rocky's wife the door in the background has an arched window instead of three small windows.
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Irving Cohen:
I never should have left the lingerie business. I was the happiest man in women's underwear.
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Referenced in The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994) (V)
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It's interesting to note the career relationship of James Dean and Paul Newman.
Both were leading contenders for the starring role in "East of Eden." Dean's moving screen test landed him the part over Newman.
Then, upon Dean's sudden demise, Newman was awarded the role Dean was to play in "Somebody Up There Likes Me." Fortunately, Newman was up to the task.
His Rocky was most effectively limned, with Newman in top physical form as well as in the acting department. He assumed a "New York hood" accent, which enhanced his portrayal, and executed the challenging fight scenes with conviction.
Perhaps young Newman's burning ambition at the time to greatly succeed in his craft provided extra stamina to smash through this meaty part for a "knockout punch." Fresh from Actors Studio training, Mr. Newman was fortunate to be surrounded by a quartet of fine "method" artists.
Eileen Heckart was particularly fine as Mrs. Barbella, Everett Sloane as a concerned Manager, Sal Mineo as dependable pal Romolo, and Pier Angeli as sensitive Norma Graziano.
Rocky's hard-hitting life was given a realistic black and white production, doing justice to the middle weight champ's biography. Robert Wise directed with his usual skill and confidence.