The Great White Hope Movie Review 1970

A semi-fictionalized biography of boxer Jack Johnson, played by Jones, who became the first black heavyweight world champion in 1910. Alexander makes her film debut as the boxer's white lover, as both battle the racism of the times. Two Oscar-nominated performances in what is essentially an "opened-out" version of the Broadway play.

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Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Boxing, Adapted from a Play, Biopics: Sports, African America

Cast

James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris, Robert Webber, Hal Holbrook, R.G. Armstrong, Moses Gunn, Scatman Crothers

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey

Director

Martin Ritt

Producer

20th Century-Fox