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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

60 %|May 31, 1981|Drama, TV Movie

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

Featured Crew

James D. Bissell
Art Direction
Stanley Rubin
Producer
Richard A. Colla
Director
LaReine Johnston
Editor
Jack Elliott
Music
Jimmy Hawkins
Producer
Ronald Rubin
Writer
Harald Johnson
Costume Design

Cast

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Louis Gossett Jr.
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
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Beverly Todd
Lahoma Brown Paige
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Cleavon Little
Rabbit Thompson
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Ernie Barnes
Josh Gibson
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Clifton Davis
Cool Papa Bell
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Hal Williams
Carl Roberts
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Taylor Lacher
Announcer
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John Beradino
Jake Wells
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Jim Davis
Mr. Wilkenson
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Ossie Davis
Chuffy Russell
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Tonea Stewart
Mama Paige
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J.R. Horne
Mr. Andrews
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Donnie Walker
Sugar Boy Porter
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Don Blakely
Bartender
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Colia LaFayett
Mrs. Parker
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Milton Stafford
Young Satchel
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James Unger
Wilson Paige
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Bobby Angelle
Outfielder
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Bubba Phillips
Coach Hardy
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Jim B. Smith
White Batter
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Cullen G. Chambers
Sportswriter (uncredited)