Ring of Passion (1978)

Director: Robert Michael Lewis

Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.

Cast

Bernie Casey

Joe Louis

Stephen Macht

Max Schmeling

Allen Garfield

Damon Runyon

Norman Alden

Max Machon

Joseph Campanella

Paul Gallico

Britt Ekland

Amy Ondra Schmeling

Julius Harris

Chappie Jackson

Mordecai Lawner

Joe Jacobs

Denise Nicholas

Marva Trotter Louis

Beah Richards

Lilly Brooks