Somebody Up There Likes Me Page #2

Synopsis: The abuse Rocky Barbella endures at the hand of his father and subsequent run-ins with the law lead him in and out of detention centers and prisons. When it seems he has it together, Rocky is drafted but, refusing to adhere to Army rules, goes AWOL. He takes up boxing to earn quick money, but when he discovers he has a natural talent in the ring, he builds the confidence to pursue his love interest, Norma, and fulfill his potential as a fighter.
Director(s): Robert Wise
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PASSED
Year:
1956
113 min
628 Views


...and saw this little child crying...

Do you know that this little child once

attempted to burn down a police station?

It's against my better judgment,

but I'm gonna give him another chance.

I'm going to remand him to the custody

of his parents and the probation officers.

But this other fellow here,

his probation reports are a disgrace.

- True, Your Honor, but I thought...

- Are the parents in court?

Yes, Your Honor, the mother is here.

- Where's the father?

- He refused to come.

Rocco Barbella's been a burden...

...to his mother

during the whole of his life.

Ever since he was old enough to run,

he was a court problem.

They remanded him

to the Catholic protectory.

Three times he broke out...

...each time to join his gang

and terrorize the neighborhood.

Something has got to be done

to save this boy from a criminal career.

He has got to know that

if he is going to commit burglaries...

...and make of himself a thief,

he cannot be at large.

I am therefore committing him

to Mackinock...

...for an indeterminate sentence.

- No.

Maybe they will be able

to break his spirit.

- Next case.

- We'll see whose spirit gets broke.

Don't wreck the floor,

you're gonna have to sleep on it.

Shut up, you lousy screw.

You'll get over it, kid,

even if it takes 20 years.

Open 32.

- Now, what would you like for breakfast?

- Your cruddy head on a silver platter.

I'm George Niles.

Cigarette?

My men tell me you're giving yourself

a rough time here.

Maybe we ought to talk things over.

Why you... Hold it. Hold it.

All right, you licked me, Barbella.

Twenty years and I never

laid a hand on one of my boys.

Maybe you guys will learn,

ain't no place I can't lick.

Send him to the reformatory.

Get rid of him.

Come on.

- Come on, dig.

- Just one mouthful. Just one.

Dig.

- Why don't you give him a drink, geezer?

- Sure.

Sure, you have one first, huh?

- Why you...

- Start something.

Just give me an excuse.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Come on, let's make a break.

- Give me the gun. Give me the gun!

- Will you come on?

- Give me the gun.

- You wanna get the chair?

No. No, don't. Don't.

You ever think of putting

a glove on that lead pipe?

Not a chance.

On the outside, I owned little pieces

of two fighters. Good boys.

Sometimes they win,

sometimes they dive like swans.

- Either way, there's money in it.

- I ain't putting gloves on.

- Not for money. Not for nothing.

- Why not?

Because the only glove fighter I ever

knew was a bigger bum than I am.

Well, if you ever need quick money,

just look me up at Stillman's Gym.

- Ask for Frankie Peppo, that's me.

- Yeah, Rocky Barbella.

- I'm pleased to meet you.

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Ernest Lehman

Ernest Paul Lehman was an American screenwriter. He received six Academy Award nominations during his career, without a single win. more…

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