The Great White Hope

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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  Martin Ritt
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  Jerry Ziesmer
• 
  Marvin Weldon
• 
  Tim Zinnemann

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  James Earl Jones
  Jack Jefferson
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  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
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  Manuel Padilla Jr.
  Paco
• 
  Scatman Crothers
  Carnival Barker (uncredited)
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  R.G. Armstrong
  Captain Dan
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  Rodolfo Acosta
  El Jefe
• 
  Ernest Anderson
  Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)