The Great White Hope

He could beat any white man in the world. He just couldn't beat all of them.

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

James Earl Jones

Jack Jefferson

Chester Morris

Pop Weaver

Beah Richards

Mama Tiny

Marcel Dalio

French Promoter

Scatman Crothers

Carnival Barker (uncredited)

R.G. Armstrong

Captain Dan

Ernest Anderson

Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)

Martin Ritt

Director

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Howard Sackler

Screenplay

Burnett Guffey

Director of Photography

John DeCuir

Production Design

Raphael Bretton

Set Decoration

Edwin Butterworth

Makeup Artist

Jerry Ziesmer

Assistant Director

Donald McKayle

Choreographer

Paul Stanhope Jr.

Makeup Artist

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Jack Martin Smith

Art Direction

Marvin Weldon

Script Supervisor

Pat Abbott

Hairstylist

Tim Zinnemann

Assistant Director

Lionel Newman

Original Music Composer

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