It's Good to Be Alive (film)
Appearance
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It's Good to Be Alive | |
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Directed by | Michael Landon |
Starring | Paul Winfield Louis Gossett Jr. |
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Running time | 1h 40min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
It's Good to Be Alive is a 1974 American television film about baseball player Roy Campanella.[1] It was first aired on CBS on 22 February 1974.[2]
Cast
- Paul Winfield - Roy Campanella
- Louis Gossett Jr. - Sam Brockington
- Ruby Dee - Ruth Campanella
- Ramon Bieri - Walter O'Malley
- Joe De Santis - Roy Campanella's Father
- Ty Henderson - David Campanella
- Ketty Lester - Roy Campanella's Mother
- Julian Burton - Dr. Rusk
- Lloyd Gough - Surgeon
- Eric Woods - Roy Campanella as a Boy
- Len Lesser - Man at Accident
References
- ^ Robert Niemi (2006). History in the Media: Film and Television. ABC-CLIO. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-1-57607-952-2.
- ^ K Edgington; Thomas Erskine; James M. Welsh (29 December 2010). Encyclopedia of Sports Films. Scarecrow Press. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-8108-7653-8.