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The Great White Hope

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The Great White Hope
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PG13,1hr 43min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1970
Director:
Martin Ritt
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert  ...more
Synopsis: 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 great Jack Jefferson, who defeats Frank Bardy Larry Pennell in a Reno, Nevada bout to become the world's first black heavyweight champion. After crossing a state line with his white girlfriend Eleanor (Jane Alexander in her feature debut), however, Jack is ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG 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' finest performance on film, it retains a rewarding vitality. Set in 1910, the story of Jack Jefferson (Jones) and his attempt to establish his preeminence as ... Full Review
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James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
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