The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

100 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 1977

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

100 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 1977

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
Producers
Original title The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Directors Gilbert Moses
Writers Donald Robertson, Peter S. Beagle

Cast

Jimmie Walker

as Morris Bird III

James Earl Jones

as Morris Bird, Jr.

Debbie Allen

as Julie Sutton

Tamu Blackwell

as Sandra Bird

Valerie Curtin

as Miss Goldfarb

Kevin Hooks

as Hoover Sissle

Sorrell Booke

as Samuelson

Darrell Zwerling

as Dr. Brimson

Sam Laws

as Horton

Harry Caesar

as Bonner

S. Pearl Sharp

as Aunt Edythe

William Traylor

as Coach