Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
1h 37m
Running Time
October 4, 1981Release Date
Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
1h 37m
Running Time
October 4, 1981Release Date
Plot.
A young white man goes to a historically black college for the chance to be the starting quarterback. There he encounters considerable resentment and learns what it's like to be in the minority.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Harry Belafonte
Coach Eddie Robinson
Caitlyn Jenner
Jim Gregory
Dennis Haysbert
James 'Shack' Harris
Deborah Pratt
Jennifer
Bill Overton
Slick
Deborah Pratt
Jennifer
Byron Stewart
Sandman
Raymond Vitte
Rags
LeVar Burton
Charles 'Tank' Smith
Vance Davis
Coach Porter
Fred Pinkard
Dr. Ford
Daniel Joseph Bernard
Gibbons
Georg Stanford Brown
Director
Mark Chavis
Chris
William Attaway
Writer
Betsy Corley
Coed Clerk
Bruce Bahrenburg
Writer
Gilbert Culpepper
Holmes
Zev Cohen
Writer
Rick Frederick
Male Clerk
Lou Potter
Writer
Marlene Leeper
Janey
Bert Gold
Producer
Alex Marshall
Wiley Coach
Micheline H. Keller
Producer
Herb Nelson
Slob
John D'Andrea
Composer
Glarence Odum
Potts
Robert Parham
'JJ' Johnson
Michael Lloyd
Composer
Anita Parrott
Mrs. Johnson
Joseph M. Wilcots
Cinematographer
David Rosenbloom
Editor
John K. Price
Man at Counter
Dorsey R. Richard
Rhino
Katie Robinson
Waitress
Tammy L. Staten
Ruby
John Tellis
Guard
Michael Jerome Williams
Pow Wow Samuels
Fred Price
Art Direction
Details.
Wiki.
Grambling's White Tiger (also released as White Tiger in Europe) is a 1981 TV movie about the true story of Jim Gregory (played by Caitlyn Jenner, credited as Bruce Jenner) the first white quarterback of the Grambling Tigers at Grambling College, a historically black college, in 1962. The movie covers Gregory's freshman year. Harry Belafonte stars as coach Eddie Robinson and LeVar Burton (already famous from Roots and later to be known for Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation) appears as Charles 'Tank' Smith, the first friend Jim Gregory makes on the team. The film is directed by Georg Stanford Brown.