Somebody Up There Likes Me Page #6

to train...

...and then

when he should be resting...

...he trains.

He's a meshuggenah.

Hey, hold it.

- Who is next in Ring 2?

- Hey, that's her. Come on.

Hey, Lou. Hey, that's her.

That fine, nice-looking girl

is interested in you?

Yeah, come on, take care of her

for me, will you?

I'll take care of her.

I'm Lou Stillman.

So you're Rocky's girl, huh?

I suppose so.

You mean, there's still a chance

maybe you're not?

I suppose so.

Let's you and me take a walk around.

Let's you and me have a little talk

about the pugilistic profession.

You were superb.

- Turn around.

- What's the matter?

I wanted to be sure

he didn't smear your lipstick.

- Come on.

- That the way you're fighting...

...in the arena tonight?

- Hey, Lou.

Hey, Lou, where did you sit her?

Where is she?

Down the stairs. Gone out.

What? Is she coming right back?

I'll lay 4-1 against.

What did you do?

What did you say to her?

Why, nothing, I just asked her

why a nice Jewish girl like her...

...was interested in a no-good,

East Side fighter like you.

- Why, I ought to bust you right...

- No workouts after 2 p.m.

Hey, you, Arthur Murray's in Ring 2,

get out of there.

- All right, where you been?

- When?

What do you mean, when?

All day. All night.

Ever since you ran out on me.

Where you been?

- The movies.

- Which movie?

- I looked in 87 of them.

- The one you wouldn't let me see...

...because you can't stand hearing people

say nice things to each other.

What are you blaming?

It's no use, Rocky. I was right.

Seeing that place,

talking to Mr. Stillman convinced me...

- He don't know nothing about nothing.

- I don't like fighting and I never will.

It's all meanness and blood

and ignorance.

All right, all right.

Maybe it is all meanness and blood

and ignorance...

...and guys wind up

with their brains rattled...

...but where else can I be something,

if it ain't in the fight business?

I've never had nothing, I mean nothing...

...till I got a chance to

make some clean money in the ring.

What's better, huh?

Stealing, starving or fighting?

Oh, please, Norma,

now, you gotta understand this.

Mr. Stillman said you've probably been

in all kinds of trouble.

- You'll always be in trouble.

- Yeah...

...maybe I was in trouble once,

but never again.

- Never?

- No, never.

I mean, I give you my word.

Oh, boy, oh, boy,

I'm gonna go in that ring tonight and...

- Hey, what time is it?

- 11:
30.

What's the matter?

I'm in trouble again.

Explain what happened last night.

Failure to show up for a scheduled bout

is serious business.

Tell me why the commission

should not revoke your license.

Well, commissioner,

you ever been in love?

Well, yes, I suppose so, in my time.

Well, l... You see, I didn't know it

till last night, but I am in love.

Yesterday afternoon, my girl and me,

we had this big trouble...

...and she run out on me, and...

I forget about everything in the

whole world except I gotta find her.

You know what I mean?

I mean, I forget what time is it.

I forget about the fight.

- Did you find her?

- Yeah, in Brooklyn, in the rain.

And she was crying, you know.

Well, by the time we kiss and make up,

it's too late to get to the arena.

And that's the whole story,

commissioner.

If you'd come before me

with any other excuse...

...your fighting days

would have been over.

But this... This is just too corny.

You could only be telling the truth.

Now, get out of here

and don't let it happen again.

Oh, yeah, thanks.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, commissioner.

And you're such a worrier.

- Come here.

- What's the matter?

- Come here.

- What's the matter?

Come here.

Now, listen, kid.

I got 10 guys in my stable...

...doing better than you're doing.

I wouldn't be wasting five minutes

with you...

...if I didn't think

you had the potentialities...

...to work your way into the money.

- So, what do you want?

I want you to stop ruining

the whole schmeer...

...before I even get you

off the ground.

Rocky, you got to stop killing

yourself with Norma.

We're doing fine.

- Look at yourself.

- Yeah, I'm looking.

Look at your eyes.

What do you mean? Clear as a baby's.

Not a ring, not a circle.

Do you happen to know any grown-up

men without circles under their eyes?

Do you happen to know

that you're supposed to have...

...circles under your eyes?

Put your hand out.

Spread the fingers.

Steady as a rock.

Where is the average, normal...

I got it, you got it, everybody's got it.

- slight movement of the fingers?

Where is the tremor?

Wait.

What? What?

Rocky, you got to stop killing yourself

with Norma.

- Either give the girl up, or...

- Give her up?

Or marry her.

- Marry her?

- Yeah.

Maybe that's just the chutz you need...

...to keep you from being

a two-bit club fighter.

Maybe that's exactly what you need.

Responsibilities. Bills.

Another mouth to feed.

A lot of little mouths to feed...

...but maybe that'll be the chutz

that lays the golden egg.

The judge won't wait there all day,

Rocky.

You brung the license, huh?

I have it right here in my bag.

I thought maybe you forgot it.

No, I didn't forget it.

I ain't got enough dough

to pay the judge.

I have.

Where did you get it?

I pawned my Star of David.

Norma, you shouldn't have done it.

I ain't worth it.

I got a record. I got a prison record.

No, and worse than that,

when I was in the Army...

It's too late, Rocky,

I'm in love with you.

What you said is right, it's no good

being mixed up with a fighter.

It's all meanness and...

Meanness and...

- Blood and ignorance.

- Yeah, that's it.

Come on, we're late for our wedding.

Come on.

How can you ask me to go in

a courthouse building?

That happens to be

where people get married.

Well, being in courthouses

makes me be uncomfortable. Definitely.

Rocky, you've given me

a lot of reasons why not...

...but I still haven't heard the one thing

that would convince me.

What's that?

Just tell me you don't love me.

Come on.

For nobody else would I get out from

my warm bed in the middle of the night.

Nobody else would have

the chutzpah to ask.

Can I help it if Norma's gotta have

a dish of ice cream?

Can I help it if she's pregnant?

I can't get over it.

It looks just like you.

How can it? It's a girl.

How you doing, Rock?

Hey, Rock.

Hey, Dillman, what do you say?

See you later, Rock.

Hey, don't go breathing on the baby,

will you?

What's the matter? What is it?

Honey, it's only Daddy.

It's only Daddy.

Honey, it's only Daddy.

Honey.

Mommy, it's only Daddy.

Both fighters are covered with blood.

Zale has broken out of the corner now.

He's crowding Rocky across the ring.

A right to the kidney.

Another right to the kidney.

Zale smashes a tremendous right

to Rocky's stomach.

Graziano is staggered.

Zale explodes a left to the jaw.

Another left to the jaw.

He's down. Graziano is down.

Seven, eight, nine, 10.

It's all over. Zale wins.

Tony Zale is still the middleweight

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