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The Great White Hope
Directed by
Martin Ritt
PG-13
1970
1h 43m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
6.9
43%
67%
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A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
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Cast of The Great White Hope
James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
Goldie
Joel Fluellen
Tick
Chester Morris
Pop Weaver
Robert Webber
Dixon
Marlene Warfield
Clara
Hal Holbrook
Cameron
Beah Richards
Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn
Scipio
Larry Pennell
Brady
Marcel Dalio
French Promoter
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Paco
Scatman Crothers
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
R.G. Armstrong
Captain Dan
Rodolfo Acosta
El Jefe
Ernest Anderson
Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)
Martin Ritt
Director
Howard Sackler
Writer
Lawrence Turman
Producer
The Great White Hope Ratings & Reviews
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
The movie is too theatrical and every idea is spelled out for the audience, but the acting of James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander (both Oscar-nominated) is good.
TV Guide
The love story between Alexander and Jones is touchingly portrayed.
Variety
Variety Staff
Jones' re-creation of his stage role is an eye-riveting experience. The towering rages and unrestrained joys of which his character was capable are portrayed larger than life.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
One of those liberal, well-meaning, fervently uncontroversial works that pretend to tackle contemporary problems by finding analogies at a safe remove in history.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Provocative but never challenging.
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