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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
(1977)
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Synopsis:
In the 1950s a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia, and his winning spirit is threatened as he faces a major basketball tournament just before Christmas, while his dad's struggle to maintain his own self-respect often blinds him to his son's emotional needs.
Cast
Name
Credits
Jimmie Walker
Morris Bird III
James Earl Jones
Morris Bird Jr
Debbie Allen
Julie Sutton
Tamu
Sandra Bird
Valerie Curtin
Miss Goldfarb
Kevin Hooks
Hoover Sissle
Sorrell Booke
Samuelson
William Traylor
Coach
Darrell Zwerling
Dr Brimson
Sam Laws
Horton
Harry Caesar
Bonner
Saundra Sharp
Aunt Edythe
David Rini
Kathy O'Dare
Hilda Haynes
Royce Wallace
Steve Doubet
Anson Downes
Daniel Tamm
Brian Kerwin
Ned Gill
Betty Aberlin
Kathryn Jackson
Murray Rubin
Amy Joyce
Abigail Shelton
Robert Reese
David Tyre
Company
Name
Credits
Crestview Productions
Production Company
Writers
Name
Credits
Peter S Beagle
Screenplay
Donald Robertson
Novel as Source Material
Producers
Name
Credits
Malcolm Stuart
Executive Producer
Herbert Hirschman
Producer
Tony Ganz
Associate Producer
Directors
Name
Credits
Gilbert Moses
Director
Editor
Name
Credits
David H Newhouse
Editor
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Name
Credits
Joseph M Wilcots
Director of Photography
