Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)
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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.
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Directed by | Robert Wise |
Screenplay by | Ernest Lehman |
Based on | Somebody Up There Likes Me 1955 autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber |
Produced by | Charles Schnee |
Starring | Paul Newman Pier Angeli Everett Sloane |
Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Edited by | Albert Akst |
Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,920,000[1] |
Box office | $3,360,000[1][2] |
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The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won two: Best Cinematography (Black and White) (Joseph Ruttenberg) and Best Art Direction (Black and White) (Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason).[5] It lost its nomination for Best Film Editing to Around the World in 80 Days.