The Great White Hope
60 %|Oct 11, 1970|Drama
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Featured Crew
Martin Ritt
Director
John DeCuir
Production Design
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Paul Stanhope Jr.
Makeup Artist
Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Lawrence Turman
Producer
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Cast
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
Scatman Crothers
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
R.G. Armstrong
Captain Dan
Rodolfo Acosta
El Jefe
Ernest Anderson
Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)