The Great White Hope

Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport

James Earl Jones	Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander	Eleanor Backman
Lou Gilbert	Goldie
Joel Fluellen	Tick
Chester Morris	Pop Weaver
Robert Webber	Dixon
Marlene Warfield	Clara
R.G. Armstrong	Cap'n Dan
Hal Holbrook	Al Cameron
Beah Richards	Mama Tiny

Director	Martin Ritt
Producer	Lawrence Turman
Writer	Howard Sackler

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