The Great White Hope

Oct 11, 1970

1h 43m

★ 6.2

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

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Lawrence Turman Productions

20th Century Fox

The Great White Hope Trailers

Cast

Jack Jefferson

James Earl Jones

Eleanor

Jane Alexander

Goldie

Lou Gilbert

Tick

Joel Fluellen

Pop Weaver

Chester Morris

Dixon

Robert Webber

Clara

Marlene Warfield

Cameron

Hal Holbrook

Mama Tiny

Beah Richards

Scipio

Moses Gunn

Brady

Larry Pennell

French Promoter

Marcel Dalio

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