---
title: 'Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1956-07-04'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/somebody-up-there-likes-me-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049778/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

1956 · 109 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 American biographical sports drama film directed by Robert Wise, adapted by Ernest Lehman from the 1955 autobiography of middleweight boxing legend Rocky Graziano. It stars Paul Newman as Graziano, along with Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, and Sal Mineo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-lehman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Charles Schnee](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-schnee)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Ruttenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-ruttenberg)
- **Editor:** [Albert Akst](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-akst)

## Cast

- [Harold J. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-j-stone)
- [Arch Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arch-johnson)
- [Sam Gilman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-gilman)
- [Judson Pratt](https://cinepixo.com/people/judson-pratt)
- [Don Haggerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-haggerty)
- [Everett Sloane](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-sloane)
- [Joseph Buloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-buloff)
- [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia)
- [Pier Angeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/pier-angeli)
- [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman)
- [Sal Mineo](https://cinepixo.com/people/sal-mineo)
- [Stanley Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-adams)
- [Eileen Heckart](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-heckart)
- [Frank Campanella](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-campanella)

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