The Harlem Globetrotters

May 30, 1951

1h 18m

★ 5.0

They're Champs! They're Scamps!

Overview

All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Sidney Buchman Enterprises

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Cast

Coach Abe Saperstein

Thomas Gomez

Ann Carpenter

Dorothy Dandridge

Prof. Turner

Bill Walker

Sylvia Saperstein

Angela Clarke

Martin

Peter M. Thompson

Billy Townsend (Globetrotter)

Billy Brown

Roscoe - Globetrotter

Roscoe Cumberland

'Pop' Gates - Globetrotter

William 'Pop' Gates

Marques - Globetrotter

Marques Haynes

'Babe' Pressley - Globetrotter

Louis 'Babe' Pressley

Elmer Robinson - Globetrotter

Ermer Robinson

Ted Strong - Globetrotter

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