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Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956·1h 53m·Approved
DramaBiographySport
IMDb Rating
★ 7.5/10
9,718 votes

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

Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 drama biography movie directed by Robert Wise, starring Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Eileen Heckart. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 from 9,718 votes and runs 1h 53m.

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Director
Robert Wise
Stars
Paul Newman
Pier Angeli
Eileen Heckart
Everett Sloane
Details
1956-07-04
113 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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