The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope
1970Drama103 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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

  • Martin Ritt

    Director

  • Howard Sackler

    Screenplay

  • Burnett Guffey

    Director of Photography

  • William Reynolds

    Editor

  • 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)

    • Runtime

    103 minutes

    Released

    1970-10-11

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Lawrence Turman Productions

    20th Century Fox

    Updated

    332 days ago

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