Somebody Up There Likes Me

TCM's Eddie Muller introduces Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Memorable scene shot at the real Stillman's Gym on West 57th, in which Rocky (Paul Newman) meets proprietor Lou (Matt Crowley) and manager Cohen (Everett Sloane), adopting a new name along the way, in Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Hanging with confidant and deli owner Benny (Joseph Buloff), Rocky Graziano (Paul Newman) takes note when Norma (Pier Angeli), already introduced to him by his sister, shows up asking directions, in Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956, directed by Robert Wise.

Just out of the joint, Rocky Graziano (Paul Newman) with sidekick Romolo (Sal Mineo) gathers the old gang, Steve McQueen (as "Fidel," probably his only Latin-named character) and Ralph Vitti (as "Shorty"), in Robert Wise's boxer-biopic Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956.

Original promo for TCM Guest Programmer Regis Philbin, appearing with Robert Osborne Tuesday, September 4th, starting at 8pm ET, introducing four of his favorite films.

Following the childhood vignette, Rocky (Paul Newman) still running from the cops, first with Ma (Eileen Heckart) then with his ex-fighter inebriate dad (Harold J. Stone), in Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1956, from Ernest Lehman's screenplay.

Paul Newman stars in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), the true story of champion boxer Rocky Graziano.