Top billed cast

1. 

   Paul Newman

   Rocky Graziano

2. 

   Pier Angeli

   Norma Graziano

3. 

   Everett Sloane

   Irving Cohen

4. 

   Eileen Heckart

   Ma Barbella

5. 

   Sal Mineo

   Romolo

6. 

   Harold J. Stone

   Nick Barbella

7. 

   Joseph Buloff

   Benny

8. 

   Arch Johnson

   Heldon

9. 

   Sammy White

   Whitey Bimstein

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-04-23

Ma, I tried to turn the leaf but I can't make it. It's something inside me. I try but I can't make it.

Directed by multi genre supremo Robert Wise, the screenplay is adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Rocky Graziano biography of the same name. Music is by Bronislau Kaper and cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. It stars Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart and Sal Mineo.

This film really hits the spot to me as a portent of just what a great career Paul Newman was to have, not only that but it stands up as one of the better sports biographies I have seen.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,920,000.00

Revenue
$3,360,000.00

Keywords

• new york city
• army
• parent child relationship
• abusive father
• marriage
• convertible
• biography
• based on memoir or autobiography
• juvenile delinquent
• fighting
• policeman
• boxing