The Great White Hope
The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name.
Plot
Set between 1910 and 1915, the story follows Jack Jefferson, patterned after real-life boxer Jack Johnson, going on a hot streak of victories in the boxing ring as he defeats every white boxer around. Soon the press and others who want to see white people win at sports, announce the search for a "great white hope", a white boxer who will defeat Jefferson for the heavyweight title.
Cast
- Arthur Malet
- Beah Richards
- Chester Morris
- Davis Roberts
- Hal Holbrook
- Hans Meyer
- James Earl Jones
- Jane Alexander
- Joel Fluellen
- Jon Lovitz
- Karl-Otto Alberty
- Larry Pennell
- Lillian Randolph
- Lloyd Gough
- Marcel Dalio
- Moses Gunn
- Oscar Beregi, Jr.
- R. G. Armstrong
- Robert Webber
- Rodolfo Acosta
- Roy Glenn
- Scatman Crothers
- Virginia Capers
More details
| author | Howard Sackler |
|---|---|
| director | Martin Ritt |
| editor | William Reynolds |
| events | boxing |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | black wi boxing ring court jack johnson scar white box |
| musicBy | Lionel Newman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress |
| producer | Lawrence Turman |
| productionCompany | Lawrence Turman Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Arizona California |
| theme | biographical biographical drama race and ethnicity romantic drama |