The Great White Hope Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

Released Date

October 16, 1970

Distributor

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Genre

Drama

Cast

James Earl Jones, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander, Moses Gunn, Robert Webber, Beah Richards, Chester Morris

James Earl Jones

as Jack Jefferson

1925-2021

Hal Holbrook

as Cameron

Jane Alexander

as Eleanor

1929-1993

Moses Gunn

as Scipio

1924-1989

Robert Webber

as Dixon

1920-2000

Beah Richards

as Mama Tiny

1901-1970

Chester Morris

as Pop Weaver

About The Great White Hope

About

Biographical drama based on the lives of champion boxer Jack Johnson and his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea. James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander received Best Actor and Actress Academy Award nominations for their performances.

Trivia

The film was adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name.