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The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope1970

★6.3103 minDrama

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

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

James Earl Jones Jane Alexander Lou Gilbert

Cast17

James Earl Jones
as Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
as Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
as Goldie
Joel Fluellen
as Tick
Chester Morris
as Pop Weaver
Robert Webber
as Dixon
Marlene Warfield
as Clara
Hal Holbrook
as Cameron
Beah Richards
as Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn
as Scipio
Larry Pennell
as Brady
Marcel Dalio
as French Promoter
Manuel Padilla Jr.
as Paco
Scatman Crothers
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
R.G. Armstrong
as Captain Dan
Rodolfo Acosta
as El Jefe
E
Ernest Anderson
as Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)

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