The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.

• Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
• Harold GastWriter
• Richard IrvingDirector

• Dorian HarewoodJesse Owens
• Dan AmmermanCoach Robertson
• Tom BosleyJimmy Hoffa
• Georg Stanford BrownLew Gilbert
• LeVar BurtonProfessor Preston
• Ronny CoxCoach Larry Snyder
• Norman FellMarty Forkins
• George KennedyCharles 'Charley' Riley
• Vic TaybackAbe Saperstein
• Barry CorbinJudge
• Chris DouridasJerome
• Lynn HamiltonMamma Solomon