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The Jesse Owens Story (1984)

 
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Synopsis:
The legendary black track gold medalist of the 1936 Berlin Olympics is the subject of this two-part four-hour docudrama, which deals with forty years of his life, traced from his Alabama roots to his tax battles with the government and his final vindication. Shown to coincide with the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, it is told through the eyes of investigator Georg Stanford Brown, as a parole officer appointed by the courts to prepare a background report on Owens (played over a forty-year span by Dorian Harewood) by interviewing the various people in his life.


Cast

Name
Credits
Dorian Harewood
Jesse Owens

Georg Stanford Brown
Lew Gilbert

Debbi Morgan
Ruth Solomon Owens

Barry Corbin
Judge J Samuel Perry

Kai Wulff
Luz Long

Lynn Hamilton
Mamma Solomon

Tom Bosley
Jimmy Hoffa

Levar Burton
Professor Slade Preston

Ronny Cox
Coach Larry Snyder

Norman Fell
Marty Forkins

Greg Morris
Mel Walker

James B Sikking
Avery Brundage

Vic Tayback
Abe Saperstein

Ben Vereen
Herb Douglas

George Kennedy
Charley Riley

Weyman Thompson
Herb Solomon

John Vargas
Pascual Martinez

Bob Banks
Henry Owens

Terrence Riggins
Dave Albritton

Norma Moore
Diner Waitress

John Williams Gault
1st Indiana Officer

Jerry Haynes
2nd Indiana Officer

David Stump
Dave Levitt

Norma Young
1st Beauty Parlor Patron

Gena Sleete
2nd Beauty Parlor Patron

Dan Ammerman
Coach Robertson

Randy Moore
Coach Cromwell

Arnold Turner
Ralph Metcalfe

Glenn Colerider
OSU Professor Gremish

Robert Chidsey
Governor's Aide

Bernard Canepari
Attorney Grossfeld
Company

Name
Credits
Harve Bennett Productions
Production Company

Writers

Name
Credits
Harold Gast
Screenplay

Producers

Name
Credits
Harve Bennett
Executive Producer

Harold Gast
Producer

Arnold Turner
Associate Producer

Directors

Name
Credits
Richard Irving
Director

Casting

Name
Credits
Jody Hummer
Casting

Rody Kent
Casting

Barbara Harris
Voice Casting voiceover casting
Production Management

Name
Credits
Bill Coker
Unit Production Manager

John Hockridge
Assistant Director

Ken Stringer
Assistant Director

Bruce Lawhead
Location Manager

Paul Tinsley
Script Supervisor

R J Cavallaro
Assistant Location Manager

Danette Goss Alberts
Assistant Location Manager

Editor

Name
Credits
Richard Bracken
Editor

Robert F Shugrue
Editor

Rick Mitchell
Assistant Editor

Martin X Chielens
Assistant Editor

Craig A Nelson
Assistant Editor

Camera, Film & Tape

Name
Credits
Charles Correll
Director of Photography

Don Reddy
Camera Operator

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