The read
It runs long at 2h 54m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Harold GastWriter
- Richard IrvingDirector
Cast
- 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
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Themes
olympic gamesracism