Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Ernest LehmanCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sammy White, Robert P. Lieb, Theodore Newton (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Pier Angeli
Italy
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Everett Sloane
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Lust for Life (1956)
Eileen Heckart
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Sal Mineo
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Longest Day (1962)
Giant (1956)
Harold J. Stone
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Joseph Buloff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Reds (1981)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Sammy White
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Show Boat (1936)
Robert P. Lieb
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Theodore Newton
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Robert Loggia
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lost Highway (1997)
Angela Cartwright
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV movie)
Steve McQueen
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Great Escape (1963)
Dean Jones
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
Len Lesser
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
Jinx Falkenburg
Spain
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Cover Girl (1944)
John Eldredge
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Black Cat (1941)
Ray Danton
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Longest Day (1962)
Ray Walker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
William Boyett
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Airport (1970)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)