It's Good to Be Alive

Directed by Michael Landon
Not Rated
1974    1h 39mDrama, Biography
6.67.3
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.
  • Paul WinfieldRoy Campanella
  • Louis Gossett Jr.Sam Brockington
  • Ruby DeeRuth Campanella
  • Ramon BieriWalter O'Malley
  • Ketty LesterRoy Campanella's Mother
  • Julian BurtonDr. Rusk
  • Lloyd GoughSurgeon
  • Eric Scott WoodsRoy Campanella as a Boy
  • Joe De SantisRoy Campanella's Father
  • Len LesserMan at Accident
  • Ty HendersonDavid Campanella
  • Matthew BeardStymie
  • Joe E. Tata'Pee Wee' Reese
  • Michael LandonDirector
  • Roy CampanellaNovel
  • Gerald I. IsenbergProducer
  • Phil AbramsonSet Decoration
  • Rodger MausArt Direction
  • Ted VoigtlanderDirector Of Photography
  • Ruby FordHairstylist

It's Good to Be Alive Trivia

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