6.6

It's Good to Be Alive
Released
1h 40m
2/22/1974
en - US
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.
Drama
TV Movie
Actors

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

Ty Henderson
David Campanella

Matthew Beard
Stymie

Joe E. Tata
'Pee Wee' Reese