Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total
Robert P. Lieb
- District Attorney Hogan
- (as Robert Lieb)
Caswell Adams
- Sam
- (uncredited)
Stanley Adams
- Romolo's Attorney
- (uncredited)
John Albright
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
- Ringside Photographer - Zale Fight
- (uncredited)
Leon Alton
- Military Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
Don Anderson
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Harry Arnie
- Spectator
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe movie was originally to be filmed on location in New York City in Technicolor with James Dean in the lead role. However, after Dean's sudden death and replacement by Paul Newman, it was decided the film should be in black and white, and filmed on studio sets. Director Robert Wise felt the sets looked fake, and only used them for night scenes, while filming the daytime scenes on location.
- GoofsWhen Norma asks Benny for directions how to get home after meeting Rocky in the early 1940s, he tells her to take a Subway route that did not exist until 1954.
- Quotes
Irving Cohen: I never should have left the lingerie business. I was the happiest man in women's underwear.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with the following on-screen quote before the title and opening credits: This is the way I remember it... _definitely_. -Rocky Graziano.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989)
- SoundtracksSomebody Up There Likes Me
(1956)
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics By Sammy Cahn
Sung by Perry Como during the opening and closing credits
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No need to recap the plot.
Frankly, the movie made me yearn for the days of John Garfield and his epic struggles to escape the slums, (Body and Soul {1947}, Humoresque (1946), for example. No Garfield-like shading here. Instead, Newman's Graziano acts like he's on super-charge the whole time, yelling his lines, rushing frantically to and fro, while mannerisms abound as though the shadow of James Dean still looms large. This may be the only time in his marvelous career that the usually restrained actor goes way over the top. I don't know what the real Graziano was like, but I doubt he was this antic version of the Energizer Bunny.
Then too, boxing movies have always been prone to falsifying the action. After all, staples of real matches such as jabbing, defense, and feeling out your opponent take up valuable screen time and are not very exciting. So even the best boxing films, such as The Set-Up (1949), are prone to substitute artless clubbing for artful punching. Here, the gap is in real evidence.
The movie itself is routine, at best. Clichés abound, but there are several notable performances—Stone as the fearsome father; Heckart as the long-suffering mom; and the always reliable Everitt Sloane. Also, the movie benefits from the many New York City locations, along with some well-done studio street scenes.
Though popularly received at the time (1956) when the name Graziano was still widely known, on second viewing the shortcomings are unfortunately all too apparent. Fortunately, however, actor Newman appears to have learned his lesson, which was after all, only his second feature-length film.
Frankly, the movie made me yearn for the days of John Garfield and his epic struggles to escape the slums, (Body and Soul {1947}, Humoresque (1946), for example. No Garfield-like shading here. Instead, Newman's Graziano acts like he's on super-charge the whole time, yelling his lines, rushing frantically to and fro, while mannerisms abound as though the shadow of James Dean still looms large. This may be the only time in his marvelous career that the usually restrained actor goes way over the top. I don't know what the real Graziano was like, but I doubt he was this antic version of the Energizer Bunny.
Then too, boxing movies have always been prone to falsifying the action. After all, staples of real matches such as jabbing, defense, and feeling out your opponent take up valuable screen time and are not very exciting. So even the best boxing films, such as The Set-Up (1949), are prone to substitute artless clubbing for artful punching. Here, the gap is in real evidence.
The movie itself is routine, at best. Clichés abound, but there are several notable performances—Stone as the fearsome father; Heckart as the long-suffering mom; and the always reliable Everitt Sloane. Also, the movie benefits from the many New York City locations, along with some well-done studio street scenes.
Though popularly received at the time (1956) when the name Graziano was still widely known, on second viewing the shortcomings are unfortunately all too apparent. Fortunately, however, actor Newman appears to have learned his lesson, which was after all, only his second feature-length film.
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- Neko tamo gore me voli
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- $1,920,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $9,528
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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