Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Reviews & Ratings

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Somebody Up There Likes Me reviews

Somebody Up There Likes Me holds a 7.2/10 average from 190 TMDB ratings.

Ma, I tried to turn the leaf but I can't make it. It's something inside me. I try but I can't make it. Directed by multi genre supremo Robert Wise, the screenplay is adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Rocky Graziano biography of the same name. Music is by Bronislau Kaper and cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. It stars Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart and Sal Mineo. This film really hits the…
— John Chard (9/10)

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

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