"Someone Up There Likes Me" movie

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  1. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    TCM showed the movie Tuesday nite re:
    Rocky Graziano played by Paul Neuman.

    Some well made fight scenes were staged.
     
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  2. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have two copies off of TCM.... Newman did a good enough job for me back in '56.... Thumbs up......

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  3. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I enjoyed it. I liked it more than "****** On My Back", the biographical movie of Barney Ross.
     
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good film. Newman was great as Graziano. And Tony Zale did a great Tony Zale :D
     
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  5. jdempsey85

    jdempsey85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    "Somebody up there likes me" is a great film never heard of "someone ..."
     
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  6. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tony Zale didn't play himself, SG. A look-alike stuntman had ta do it. Zale couldn't pull his punches 'n broke Newman's ribs the first day of rehearsal
     
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  7. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Until your post i always suspected that the guy playing Tony Zale was NOT Tony Zale. But I thought people age differently so it MIGHT be Tony Zale...Just as well,as the disparity between the young thinner Paul Newman and the hard as rock Tony Zale would not as seem as credible.... :good
     
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thanks for that,John. I never realised. The lookalike was pretty good though,was n't he ?
     
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  9. MRBILL

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    The 'Zale' double was great...... 'Nuff said......

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