The Great White Hope (1970)

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PG | 1 hr 43 mins | Biopic, Sports, Adaptation | Released: 10/11/1970

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Synopsis:

Story of the first black heavyweight champion boxer of the world, Jack Jefferson.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/11/1970

Studio	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Studio
Director	Credit
Martin Ritt	Director
Cast	Credit
James Earl Jones	Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander	Eleanor Bachman
Lou Gilbert	Goldie
Joel Fluellen	Tick
Chester Morris	Pop Weaver
Robert Webber	Dixon
Marlene Warfield	Clara
R G Armstrong	Cap'n Dan
Hal Holbrook	Cameron
Beah Richards	Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn	Scipio
Lloyd Gough	Smitty
George Ebeling	Fred
Larry Pennell	Brady
Roy Glenn	Pastor
Bill Walker	Deacon
Marcel Dalio	French Promoter
Rodolfo Acosta	El Jefe
Virginia Capers	Sister Pearl
Rockne Tarkington	Rudy
Oscar Beregi	Ragosy
Karl Otto Alberty	Hans
Manuel Padilla Jr	Paco
Scatman Crothers	Barker
Jim Beattie	The Kid
Basil Dignam	English Official
Production Credits	Credit
Lawrence Turman	Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
CBS/Fox Video International	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Glob, Arizona, USA
Barcelona, Spain
Writer	Credit
Howard Sackler	Screenplay
Howard Sackler	Play as Source Material
Art Department	Credit
Jack Martin Smith	Art Director - art direction
Walter M Scott	Set Decorator
John De Cuir	Production Designer
Harry Kemm	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Raphael Bretton	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Michael McClean	Casting Director
Film Camera	Credit
Burnett Guffey	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Lionel Newman	Music
Jesse Fuller	Song
Jesse Fuller	Song Performer
Production Management	Credit
William Venegas	Location Manager
Tadeo Villalba	Production Manager
Tim Zinnemann	Assistant Director
Marvin Weldon	Script Supervisor
Saul Wurtzel	Unit Production Manager
Jose Lopez Rodero	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Jack Solomon	Sound
Ted Soderberg	Sound
Vinton Vernon	Sound
Visual Effects	Credit
L B Abbott	Special Effects - special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	Special Effects - special photographic effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Pat Abbott	Hair - hairstyles
Edwin Butterworth	Makeup
Dan Stiepeke	Makeup Supervisor
Irene Sharaff	Costume Designer
Mickey Sherrard	Wardrobe
Nadine Reed	Hair - hairstyles
Paul Stanhope	Makeup
Ed Wynigear	Wardrobe
Dorothy Drake	Wardrobe

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