# Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

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**Runtime**: 113 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Robert Wise
**Written by**: Ernest Lehman
**Starring**: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Harold J. Stone

> *A Girl Can Lift A Fellow To The Skies!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Raging Bull without Scorsese. A scrappy kid from the streets spends his youth bouncing between reform school and jail. Paul Newman’s charisma makes the cliché-ridden narrative palatable.

**Mood tags**: raw, uplifting

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