It's Good to Be Alive

1974 ""

It's Good to Be Alive

6.6 | 1h40m | en | Drama

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.

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6.6 | 1h40m | en | Drama , TV Movie

Synopsis

Cast

Paul Winfield , Louis Gossett Jr. , Ruby Dee

Director

Rodger Maus

Producted By

Metromedia Producers Corporation ,

Cast

Paul Winfield

as Roy Campanella

[2002] Second to Die [2000] Knockout [1997] Built to Last [1997] Strategic Command [1996] The Legend of Gator Face [1996] Original Gangstas [1995] Tyson [1993] Dennis the Menace [1990] 83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Sam Brockington

[2022] Three Months [2021] Not to Forget [2020] The Reason [2019] Foster Boy [2019] Supervized [2018] Breaking Brooklyn [2017] Undercover Grandpa [2016] A.C. Green: Iron Virgin [2015] The Spoils Before Dying

Ruby Dee

as Ruth Campanella

[2013] Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal [2012] A Thousand Words [2011] Politics of Love [2011] The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll [2009] America [2007] American Gangster [2007] All About Us [2001] Feast of All Saints [2000] Finding Buck McHenry

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