It's Good to Be Alive

tvMovie

1h 40min

1974

Drama

Sport

Biography

Description

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.

Actors

Paul Winfield

Roy Campanella

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sam Brockington

Ruby Dee

Ruthe 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 Scott Woods

Roy Campanella as a Boy

Crew

Michael Landon

director

Steve Gethers

writer

Roy Campanella

writer

Gerald I. Isenberg

producer

Michel Legrand

composer

Ted Voigtlander

cinematographer

John A. Martinelli

editor

Eddie Foy III

casting director

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