{{Short description|1956 film by Richard Quine}} {{For|the 1952 novel|John Fante}} {{Infobox film | name = Full of Life | image = Full of Life - movie poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Richard Quine | producer = Fred Kohlmar | based_on = {{based on|''Full of Life''<br>1952 novel|John Fante}} | screenplay = John Fante | starring = Judy Holliday<br>Richard Conte <br> Salvatore Baccaloni | music = George Duning | cinematography = Charles Lawton Jr. | editing = Charles Nelson | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{film date|1956|12|25|Los Angeles|1957|2|1|New York City}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $1.3 million (US rentals)<ref>"Top Grosses of 1957", ''Variety'', 8 January 1958: 30</ref> }}
'''''Full of Life''''' is a 1956 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Quine and starring Judy Holliday and Richard Conte. It was nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America in 1957.
==Plot== Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford, Nick must swallow his pride and visit his father, a proud immigrant stonemason with whom he has a difficult relationship, and ask him to do the work. Confronting the issues of religion and family tradition which have separated father and son causes Nick and Emily to reevaluate their lives and the things they value most.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Judy Holliday as Emily Rocco * Richard Conte as Nick Rocco * Salvatore Baccaloni as Papa Victorio Rocco * Esther Minciotti as Mama Coletta Rocco * Joe De Santis as Father Gondolfo * Silvio Minciotti as Joe Muto * Penny Santon as Carla Rocco * Arthur Lovejoy as Mr. Jameson * Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Jameson * Trudy Marshall as Nora Gregory * Walter Conrad as John Gregory * Sam Gilman as Dr. Atchison }}
==See also== *List of American films of 1956
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0049240|title=Full of Life}} * {{TCMDb title|id=75820}} * {{AFI film|id=53532|title=Full of Life}}
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Category:1956 films Category:Films directed by Richard Quine Category:Films based on works by John Fante Category:Films about writers Category:American black-and-white films Category:1956 English-language films Category:Films scored by George Duning Category:Films based on American novels Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:American comedy-drama films Category:1956 comedy-drama films Category:English-language comedy-drama films
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