The Great White Hope (1970)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 11, 1970Release Date
The Great White Hope (1970)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 11, 1970Release Date
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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.
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Cast & Crew.
James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
Goldie
Joel Fluellen
Tick
Chester Morris
Pop Weaver
Robert Webber
Dixon
Martin Ritt
Director
Marlene Warfield
Clara
Howard Sackler
Writer
Lawrence Turman
Producer
Hal Holbrook
Cameron
Burnett Guffey
Cinematographer
Beah Richards
Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn
Scipio
William Reynolds
Editor
John DeCuir
ProductionDesigner
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)
Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 11, 1970
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingPG-13
Filming LocationsArizona · California, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name.The film was directed by Martin Ritt, starring James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards and Moses Gunn. Jones and Alexander, who also appeared in the same roles in the stage versions, received Best Actor and Actress Academy Award nominations for their performances.
The film and play is based on the true story of boxer Jack Johnson and his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea, and the controversy over their marriage and Duryea's death by suicide in 1912.
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