It's Good to Be Alive

It's Good to Be Alive

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Feb. 22, 1974

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.

It's Good to Be Alive

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Feb. 22, 1974

It's Good to Be Alive
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metromedia Producers Corporation
Original title It's Good to Be Alive
Directors Michael Landon
Writers Roy Campanella, Steve Gethers

Cast

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 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