The American film *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1956) is unforgettable to me. Not only is the content superb, but it stars the late Paul Newman—one of my absolute favorites—and marks the film debut of the late Steve McQueen, another of my all-time favorites. It saddens me that in Japan today, there is a rapidly growing number of young people who ask, "Who is Paul Newman?" or "Who is Steve McQueen?" I wonder if young people in the United States are more familiar with Paul New

I've often written about American films in the columns I've published on this website. Some of them are set in MLB, while others have no direct connection to baseball or MLB, but contain scenes that reference MLB or major leaguers. This time, I'd like to talk about what I personally consider to be the greatest of the latter. Before I discuss that film, "Murder in the First" (1995), I'd like to first say something: Even in American films that have no connection to baseball or