Based on the inspiring true 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.
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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
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- Richard IrvingDirector
- Harold GastWriter
- Charles CorrellDirector of Photography
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Robert F. ShugrueEditor
- Richard BrackenEditor
- Harold GastProducer
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