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The Great White Hope
Running Time: 103 min.
MPAA Rating: PG13
Produced By: / 20th Century Fox

Summary:
Although the characters' names were changed, The Great White Hope was a thinly veiled account of the trials and tribulations of boxer Jack Johnson, based on the play by Howard Sackler and directed by Martin Ritt. James Earl Jones stars as boxing grea... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: James Earl Jones (Jack Jefferson) Jane Alexander (Eleanor) Lou Gilbert (Goldie) Joel Fluellen (Tick) All Cast & Crew >> Review: Martin Ritt's screen adaptation of the Howard Sackler play which catapulted James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander to fame in 1967 remains essentially the filmed record of a stage work, but in its stinging eloquence, and in what is arguably Jones' fines ... Continue >>

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