The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Phil BrownDirector
- Will JasonDirector
- Arthur MortonOriginal Music Composer
- Alfred PalcaScreenplay
Cast
- Thomas GomezCoach Abe Saperstein
- Dorothy DandridgeAnn Carpenter
- Bill WalkerProf. Turner
- Angela ClarkeSylvia Saperstein
- Peter M. ThompsonMartin
- Billy BrownBilly Townsend (Globetrotter)
- Roscoe CumberlandRoscoe - Globetrotter
- William 'Pop' Gates'Pop' Gates - Globetrotter
- Marques HaynesMarques - Globetrotter
- Louis 'Babe' Pressley'Babe' Pressley - Globetrotter
- Ermer RobinsonElmer Robinson - Globetrotter
- Ted StrongTed Strong - Globetrotter
Stills
Themes
sportsmarriagebasketball teamsports injury