It's Good to Be Alive
- Drama
- TV Movie
2/22/1974
100
Storyline
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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Cast
Paul WinfieldRoy Campanella- Louis Gossett Jr.Sam Brockington
Ruby DeeRuth Campanella- Ramon BieriWalter O'Malley
- Ketty LesterRoy Campanella's Mother
- Julian BurtonDr. Rusk
- Lloyd GoughSurgeon
- Eric Scott WoodsRoy Campanella as a Boy
- Joe De SantisRoy Campanella's Father
- Len LesserMan at Accident
- Ty HendersonDavid Campanella
- Matthew BeardStymie
- Joe E. Tata'Pee Wee' Reese