Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Robert Wise |
| Screenplay by | Ernest Lehman |
| Based on | Somebody Up There Likes Me 1955 autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber |
| Produced by | Charles Schnee |
| Starring | Paul Newman Pier Angeli Everett Sloane |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,920,000 |
| Box office | $3,360,000 |
Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 American drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Paul Newman and Pier Angeli, based on the life of middleweight boxing legend Rocky Graziano. The supporting cast features Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, and Sal Mineo.
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won two: Best Cinematography (Black and White) (Joseph Ruttenberg) and Best Art Direction (Black and White) (Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason). It lost its nomination for Best Film Editing to Around the World in 80 Days.