Personal comments : Louis de Funès is not marked in the credits, he does not appears of the film but, he doubles the voice of the American actor, Everett Sloane.

♦ Synopsis :

Rocky Barbella (Paul Newman) grows in New York at the end of 1940s, within petty criminals' band. After his military service, he integrates the room of a manager of boxing (Everett Sloane) and climbs gradually all the levels until become a world champion under the name of Rocky Graziano.

♦ Specification sheet :

• Title : Marqué par la haine
• Original title : Somebody Up There Likes Me
• Realization : Robert Wise
• Producer : Charles Schnee
• Scenario : Ernest Lehman
• Photography : Joseph Ruttenberg
• Decorations : Edwin B. Willis & Keogh Gleason
• Music : Bronislau Kaper
• Editing : Albert Akst
• Production company : Metro Goldwyn Mayer
• Country of origin : The United States
• Format : Black and White - 1,33:1 - 35 mm
• Genre : drama
• Duration : 113 minutes
• Date exit :
• July 3rd, 1956 in United States
• February 14th, 1957 in France

♦ Distribution :

• Louis de Funès : Double the voice of the uncle Irving Cohen (Everett Sloane)
• Paul Newman (VF : Pierre Trabaud) : Rocky Barbella Graziano
• Pier Angeli : Norma
• Everett Sloane (VF : Louis de Funès) : Irving Cohen
• Eileen Heckart (VF : Denise Bosc) : Mama Barbella
• Sal Mineo (VF : Maurice Sarfati) : Romolo
• Harold J. Stone (VF : Henri Djanik) : Nick Barbella
• Steve McQueen : Fidel, a young delinquent
• Joseph Buloff (VF : Serge Nadaud)

♦ Around the film :

• Paul Newman is called to replace James Dean, died accidentally a few months before the beginning of the shooting.
• Steve McQueen's first and brief appearance in a Hollywood movie.

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