Somebody Up There Likes Me
US (1956): Sports/Biography
Rocky Granziano (Paul Newman) 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. Robert Wise directs this MGM biopic. Cast also features Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Harold Stone and Robert Loggia. (Mattias Thuresson, IMDb)
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· Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White) 1956: Cedric Gibbons & Malcolm Brown - Art Direction; Edwin B. Willis & Keogh Gleason - Set Decoration
· Cinematography (Black and White) 1956: Joseph Ruttenberg
· Film Editing 1956: Albert Akst
3 nominations, 2 Awards