The Jesse Owens Story
79 %|Jul 9, 1984|Drama, History, TV Movie
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
Featured Crew
Richard Irving
Director
Harold Gast
Writer
Harold Gast
Producer
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Charles Correll
Director of Photography
Richard Bracken
Editor
Robert F. Shugrue
Editor
John E. Chilberg II
Production Design
Cast
Dorian Harewood
Jesse Owens
Dan Ammerman
Coach Robertson
Tom Bosley
Jimmy Hoffa
Georg Stanford Brown
Lew Gilbert
LeVar Burton
Professor Preston
Ronny Cox
Coach Larry Snyder
Norman Fell
Marty Forkins
George Kennedy
Charles 'Charley' Riley
Vic Tayback
Abe Saperstein
Barry Corbin
Judge
Chris Douridas
Jerome
Lynn Hamilton
Mamma Solomon
Debbi Morgan
Ruth Solomon Owens
Tonye Patano
Laverne Owens
Ben Vereen
Herb Douglas
James B. Sikking
Avery Brundage