The Great White Hope (1970)

Director: Martin Ritt

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

Cast

James Earl Jones

Jack Jefferson

Jane Alexander

Eleanor

Lou Gilbert

Goldie

Joel Fluellen

Tick

Chester Morris

Pop Weaver

Robert Webber

Dixon

Marlene Warfield

Clara

Hal Holbrook

Cameron

Beah Richards

Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn

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