The Great White Hope
1970A 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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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
Manuel Padilla Jr.
as Paco
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)