Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

97 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 2013

Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

97 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Rainmark Films, HBO Films, Sakura Films
Original title Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Directors Stephen Frears
Writers Shawn Slovo

Cast

Christopher Plummer

as John Marshall Harlan

Danny Glover

as Justice Thurgood Marshall

Frank Langella

as Chief Justice Warren Burger

Ed Begley Jr.

as Justice Harry Blackmun

Barry Levinson

as Justice Potter Stewart

Benjamin Walker

as Kevin Kennedy

Pablo Schreiber

as Covert Becker

Muhammad Ali

as Himself (archive footage)

Peter Gerety

as William Brennan

John Bedford Lloyd

as Byron 'Whizzer' White

Fritz Weaver

as Hugo Black

Harris Yulin

as William O. Douglas

Dana Ivey

as Mrs. Paige

Damian Young

as Ramsey Clark

Bob Balaban

as Lawyer