It's Good to Be Alive

6.6

100 minutes

2/22/1974

Overview

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 List

Paul Winfield
as Roy Campanella
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Sam Brockington
Ruby Dee
as Ruth Campanella
Ramon Bieri
as Walter O'Malley
Ketty Lester
as Roy Campanella's Mother
Julian Burton
as Dr. Rusk
Lloyd Gough
as Surgeon
Eric Scott Woods
as Roy Campanella as a Boy
Joe De Santis
as Roy Campanella's Father
Len Lesser
as Man at Accident
Ty Henderson
as David Campanella
Matthew Beard
as Stymie
Joe E. Tata
as 'Pee Wee' Reese