Film · 1974

It's Good to Be Alive

Name: It's Good to Be Alive
Director: Michael Landon
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1974-02-22

100 min · Directed by Michael Landon

Drama TV Movie

7.35
ratings

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.

Cast

Paul Winfield

Roy Campanella

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sam Brockington

Ruby Dee

Ruth Campanella

Ramon Bieri

Walter O'Malley

Ketty Lester

Roy Campanella's Mother

Julian Burton

Dr. Rusk

Lloyd Gough

Surgeon

Eric Scott Woods

Roy Campanella as a Boy

Joe De Santis

Roy Campanella's Father

Len Lesser

Man at Accident

T

Ty Henderson

David Campanella

Matthew Beard

Stymie

Joe E. Tata

'Pee Wee' Reese

Crew

Director: Michael Landon
Producer: Gerald I. Isenberg
Writer: Roy Campanella
Casting: Eddie Foy III
Editor: John A. Martinelli
Cinematography: Ted Voigtlander
Art Direction: Rodger Maus
Composer: Michel Legrand

Details

Studios: Metromedia Producers Corporation
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: February 22, 1974

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