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.
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Cast & Crew.
Caitlyn Jenner
Jim Gregory
Dennis Haysbert
James 'Shack' Harris
Bill Overton
Slick
Deborah Pratt
Jennifer
Byron Stewart
Sandman
Deborah Pratt
Jennifer
Raymond Vitte
Rags
LeVar Burton
Charles 'Tank' Smith
Harry Belafonte
Coach Eddie Robinson
Vance Davis
Coach Porter
Fred Pinkard
Dr. Ford
Daniel Joseph Bernard
Gibbons
Mark Chavis
Chris
Betsy Corley
Coed Clerk
William Attaway
Writer
Gilbert Culpepper
Holmes
Rick Frederick
Male Clerk
Marlene Leeper
Janey
Alex Marshall
Wiley Coach
Herb Nelson
Slob
Glarence Odum
Potts
Robert Parham
'JJ' Johnson
Anita Parrott
Mrs. Johnson
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
Joseph M. Wilcots
Director of Photography
Fred Price
Art Direction
Bruce Bahrenburg
Book
Michael Lloyd
Music
David Rosenbloom
Editor
William A. Attaway
Writer
Micheline H. Keller
Producer
John D'Andrea
Music
George Wallach
Executive Producer
Bert Gold
Producer
Max A. Keller
Executive Producer
Details.
Release DateOctober 4, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Genres
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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 1968. 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.