The Great White Hope

Drama
"He could beat any white man in the world. He just couldn't beat all of them."

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

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James Earl Jones

Jack Jefferson

Jane Alexander

Eleanor

Lou Gilbert

Goldie

Joel Fluellen

Tick

Chester Morris

Pop Weaver

Robert Webber

Dixon

Marlene Warfield

Clara

Hal Holbrook

Cameron

Beah Richards

Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn

Scipio

Larry Pennell

Brady

Marcel Dalio

French Promoter

Manuel Padilla Jr.

Paco

Scatman Crothers

Carnival Barker (uncredited)

R.G. Armstrong

Captain Dan

Rodolfo Acosta

El Jefe

Ernest Anderson

Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)

Martin Ritt

Director

Lawrence Turman

Producer

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Howard Sackler

Screenplay

Burnett Guffey

Director of Photography

John DeCuir

Production Design

Raphael Bretton

Set Decoration

William Reynolds

Editor

Edwin Butterworth

Makeup Artist

Jerry Ziesmer

Assistant Director

Donald McKayle

Choreographer

Paul Stanhope Jr.

Makeup Artist

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Jack Martin Smith

Art Direction

Marvin Weldon

Script Supervisor

Pat Abbott

Hairstylist

Tim Zinnemann

Assistant Director

Lionel Newman

Original Music Composer