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Somebody Up There Likes Me

Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.

Director

Robert Wise

Year

Genre

biography, drama, sport

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Rocky

Norma

Irving Cohen

Ma Barbella

Romolo

Nick Barbella

Harold J. Stone

Benny

Whitey Bimstein

Heldon

District Attorney Hogan

Athletic Commissioner Edward Eagan

Theodore Newton

Sam

Romolo's Attorney

Reporter

Ringside Photographer - Zale Fight

Military Fight Spectator

Reporter

Spectator

Reporter

Sidekick

Boy at Parade

Michael Bookasta

Military Policeman Escort at Fight

Boy

Hearing Specatator

Fight Spectator

Undetermined Secondary Role

Detective

Frank Campanella

Polack

Audrey at Age 3

Angela Cartwright

Fight Spectator

Reporter

Prisoner

Charles Cirillo

Fence

Zale Fight Referee

Reporter at Sparring Session

Capt. Grifton

Bookie

Capt. Lancheck

Tough Kid

Vincent Correccio

Racketeer

Lou Stillman

Shorty the Greek

Off-Screen Reporter

Fight Spectator

Training Spectator

Cpl. Quinbury

Reformatory Warden George Niles

Self - Trailer Hostess

Jinx Falkenburg

Ringside observer Zale fight

Fight Spectator

Radio Listener

Reporter

Referee

Yolanda at Age 12

Detective Arresting Rocky

Training Spectator

Fighter

Trial Spectator

Fight Spectator

Herschel Graham

Curtis Hughtower

Yolanda Barbella

Donna Jo Gribble

Fight Spectator

Leavenworth Prison Guard

Commission Board Member

Fat Man at Hijacking Attempt

Referee

Dynamite Jackson

Radio Listener

Guard

Private in Rocky's Tent at Army Base

Fighter

Reporter

George

Fight Commissioner's Assistant

Reformatory Guard

Chicago Reporter

Jess Kirkpatrick

Referee in Brooklyn Arena

Fight Spectator

Cop

Hearing Spectator

Mr. Mueller

Reporter at Sparring Session

Fight Spectator

Carl M. Leviness

Fight Spectator

Frankie Peppo

Reformatory Guard

Fight Spectator

Referee

Customer

Guard

Hospital Patient

Fight Spectator

Philo McCullough

Guard

Fight Spectator

Fidel

Reporter

Assistant Commissioner

Counterman at Gym

Radio Listener

Reporter

Reporter at Boxing Commission Hearing

Referee in Army Arena

Fight Spectator

Young Fighter at Gym

Spectator

Spectator

Commissioner

Fight Spectator

Judge

Detective

Training Spectator

Cornerman

Man in Bar

Reporter

Foster H. Phinney

Johnny Hyland

Rocky at Age 8

Subway Guard

Soldier

Geezer

Fight Spectator

Spectator at Zale Fight

Christopher Riordan

Subway Guard

Detective

Fight Promoter

Fight Spectator

Loretta Russell

Prisoner

Captain Earl Woodhope

Hearing Spectator

Reporter

Spectator

Prisoner

George C. Scott

Elevator Passenger

Leavenworth Prison Guard

Captain at Court Martial

Tony Zale

Rocky's Second

Sidekick

Soldier

Fight Spectator

Bryson

Self

Prisoner

Hearing Spectator

Colonel at Court Martial

Reporter

Minor Role

Bar Patron

Zale Ring Announcer

Fight Spectator

Chicago Reporter

Boy

Hearing Specatator

Commissioner

Self

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Irving Cohen Rocky Norma Benny Ma Barbella Johnny Hyland Yolanda Barbella Nick Barbella Romolo Lou Stillman

How do you expect
to learn the kid anything, Nick? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

How do you expect to learn the kid anything, Nick?

All right, you no-good little bum... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

All right, you no-good little bum...

- Hi, Rocky.
- Hi, Sis. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Hi, Rocky. - Hi, Sis.

Where you going To be something - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Where you going To be something

Hey, big man. Whose house
you gonna rob tonight, huh? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hey, big man. Whose house you gonna rob tonight, huh?

- What are you trying to do? Get killed?
- No. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- What are you trying to do? Get killed? - No.

Hey. Hey, I think I got a bite. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hey. Hey, I think I got a bite.

- Hey, what's the program for today, huh?
- Pick up Fidel and Shorty the Greek. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Hey, what's the program for today, huh? - Pick up Fid...

All my life I've been dreaming of robbing a school - Somebody Up There Likes Me

All my life I've been dreaming of robbing a school

- Thanks.
- Hey, you two. Get away from there. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Thanks. - Hey, you two. Get away from there.

How many times we gotta tell you
to stay out of Polack territory? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

How many times we gotta tell you to stay out of Polack terri...

Hold it, punk. Frisk him. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hold it, punk. Frisk him.

All I ever give him was a wine breath and the back of my hand - Somebody Up There Likes Me

All I ever give him was a wine breath and the back of my...

Don't wreck the floor,
you're gonna have to sleep on it. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Don't wreck the floor, you're gonna have to sleep ...

Maybe you guys will learn ain't no place I can't lick - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Maybe you guys will learn ain't no place I can't...

- Come on, dig.
- Just one mouthful. Just one. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Come on, dig. - Just one mouthful. Just one.

Come on, let's get out of here.
Come on, let's make a break. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Come on, let's get out of here. Come on, let's mak...

I don't know why anybody
would wanna see you, Barbella... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

I don't know why anybody would wanna see you, Barbella....

Don't worry huh Just don't worry - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Don't worry huh Just don't worry

Don't worry about a thing - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Don't worry about a thing

Hundreds of them Thousands of them marching around in circles - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hundreds of them Thousands of them marching around in...

What is all this talk about rules and training and stuff - Somebody Up There Likes Me

What is all this talk about rules and training and stuff

Hey, sarge? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Ring One:
Ramon Santalito and Eddie O'Flare. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Ring One: Ramon Santalito and Eddie O'Flare.

Who are you looking for - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Who are you looking for

See if you can dig me up a sparring partner real fast - Somebody Up There Likes Me

See if you can dig me up a sparring partner real fast

Sometimes I think I never should have left the lingerie business - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Sometimes I think I never should have left the lingerie...

Let's go, Hightower. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Let's go, Hightower.

- Break it up.
- I gotta get out of here. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Break it up. - I gotta get out of here.

Now wait a minute aren't you even gonna take a shower - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Now wait a minute aren't you even gonna take a shower

Wonder what he's in for? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Wonder what he's in for?

- There's your middleweight, sergeant.
- Well, it isn't over yet. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- There's your middleweight, sergeant. - Well, it isn&#...

Better pull the package on him
and check his history. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Better pull the package on him and check his history.

All right look sergeant all my life I been fighting - Somebody Up There Likes Me

All right look sergeant all my life I been fighting

Now mind you I don't think you'd ever show any real style - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Now mind you I don't think you'd ever show any...

A year in the Army
didn't hurt him none. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

A year in the Army didn't hurt him none.

Seven, eight, nine... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Seven, eight, nine...

If Mr Bimstein knows so much why don't he teach you how to duck - Somebody Up There Likes Me

If Mr Bimstein knows so much why don't he teach you how...

I'm gonna get some ice cream - Somebody Up There Likes Me

I'm gonna get some ice cream

- Hello, Rocky.
- Oh, hi, Sis. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Hello, Rocky. - Oh, hi, Sis.

Hey Benny - Somebody Up There Likes Me

I'll see you. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Well, good night, Rocky. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Well, good night, Rocky.

Hey. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

That's why it says Levine Oh you a Jewish girl huh - Somebody Up There Likes Me

That's why it says Levine Oh you a Jewish girl huh

Thanks for walking me to the subway entrance - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Thanks for walking me to the subway entrance

You been telling her for two hours you creep - Somebody Up There Likes Me

You been telling her for two hours you creep

It's not just this time it's every movie we see - Somebody Up There Likes Me

It's not just this time it's every movie we see

What do you do to feel important - Somebody Up There Likes Me

What do you do to feel important

For six months I can't get him to train - Somebody Up There Likes Me

For six months I can't get him to train

For six months I can't get him to train... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

For six months I can't get him to train...

Hey, hold it. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hey, Lou. Hey, that's her. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hey, Lou. Hey, that's her.

I'm Lou Stillman. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

I'm Lou Stillman.

Let's you and me take a walk around - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Let's you and me take a walk around

Turn around What's the matter - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Turn around What's the matter

What did you do What did you say to her - Somebody Up There Likes Me

What did you do What did you say to her

Hey you Arthur Murray's in Ring 2 get out of there - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Hey you Arthur Murray's in Ring 2 get out of there

He don't know nothing about nothing I don't like fighting and I never will - Somebody Up There Likes Me

He don't know nothing about nothing I don't like...

The judge won't wait there all day Rocky - Somebody Up There Likes Me

The judge won't wait there all day Rocky

For nobody else would I get out from
my warm bed in the middle of the night. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

For nobody else would I get out from my warm bed in the midd...

I can't get over it. It looks just like you. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

I can't get over it. It looks just like you.

How you doing, Rock? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

How you doing, Rock?

Honey, it's only Daddy. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Honey, it's only Daddy.

Honey, it's only Daddy. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Honey, it's only Daddy.

Norma he'll be all right - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Norma he'll be all right

That's right. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Come, Yolanda, we must go. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Come, Yolanda, we must go.

Rocky, I want you to meet
two friends of mine. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Rocky, I want you to meet two friends of mine.

It's my back Yeah that's what it is - Somebody Up There Likes Me

It's my back Yeah that's what it is

We're back two days,
already I'm losing my tan. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

We're back two days, already I'm losing my tan.

- Mr. Graziano?
- Yeah. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Mr. Graziano? - Yeah.

- I'll be right back.
- Are you sure? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- I'll be right back. - Are you sure?

I ain't got no names to name - Somebody Up There Likes Me

I ain't got no names to name

Rocky, do you know these men? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Rocky, do you know these men?

No, I.... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

We find from the evidence
and from your own admissions... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

We find from the evidence and from your own admissions...

How about a statement, Mrs. Graziano? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

How about a statement, Mrs. Graziano?

Turn off the lights. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Turn off the lights.

Listen, darling. Listen to what Bill Corum
says in the Journal American. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Listen, darling. Listen to what Bill Corum says in the Journ...

Oh no I ain't gonna fight in no Chicago ring - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Oh no I ain't gonna fight in no Chicago ring

What am I gonna do with him - Somebody Up There Likes Me

What am I gonna do with him

- Now what?
- Did you see that driver? - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Now what? - Did you see that driver?

He has got a past you know and it's time he learned to live with it - Somebody Up There Likes Me

He has got a past you know and it's time he learned to...

- Rocky.
- Yeah, yeah, I know. - Somebody Up There Likes Me

- Rocky. - Yeah, yeah, I know.

The trouble with the phone book is you always know - Somebody Up There Likes Me

The trouble with the phone book is you always know

The trouble with the phone book
is you always know... - Somebody Up There Likes Me

The trouble with the phone book is you always know...

Well, when he comes back,
tell him to call-- - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Well, when he comes back, tell him to call--

A prison cell is quieter - Somebody Up There Likes Me

A prison cell is quieter

Only that the whole world is not so different from my candy store - Somebody Up There Likes Me

Only that the whole world is not so different from my candy...

Somebody Up There Likes Me poster

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Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.

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Director: Robert Wise

Writer: Ernest Lehman, Rocky Graziano, Rowland Barber

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: biography, drama, sport

Year: 1956

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 04 Jul 1956

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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