The Great White Hope

October. 11,1970      PG-13
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

James Earl Jones as  Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander as  Eleanor
Lou Gilbert as  Goldie
Joel Fluellen as  Tick
Chester Morris as  Pop Weaver
Robert Webber as  Dixon
Hal Holbrook as  Cameron
Beah Richards as  Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn as  Scipio
Larry Pennell as  Brady

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