Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Synopsis

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

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Key crew

• Richard A. CollaDirector
• Jack ElliottOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Louis Gossett Jr.Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
• Beverly ToddLahoma Brown Paige
• Cleavon LittleRabbit Thompson
• Ernie BarnesJosh Gibson
• Clifton DavisCool Papa Bell
• Hal WilliamsCarl Roberts
• Taylor LacherAnnouncer
• John BeradinoJake Wells
• Jim DavisMr. Wilkenson
• Ossie DavisChuffy Russell
• Tonea StewartMama Paige
• J.R. HorneMr. Andrews

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