The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

103 mins | Drama | Oct. 11, 1970

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

The Great White Hope

103 mins | Drama | Oct. 11, 1970

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers 20th Century Fox, Lawrence Turman Films, Inc.
Original title The Great White Hope
Directors Marvin Weldon, Martin Ritt, Tim Zinnemann, Jerry Ziesmer
Writers Howard Sackler

Cast

James Earl Jones

as Jack Jefferson

Jane Alexander

as Eleanor

Lou Gilbert

as Goldie

Joel Fluellen

as Tick

Chester Morris

as Pop Weaver

Robert Webber

as Dixon

Marlene Warfield

as Clara

Hal Holbrook

as Cameron

Beah Richards

as Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn

as Scipio

Larry Pennell

as Brady

Marcel Dalio

as French Promoter

Scatman Crothers

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

R.G. Armstrong

as Captain Dan

Rodolfo Acosta

as El Jefe

Ernest Anderson

as Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)