The Great White Hope

"A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down."

Cast

James Earl Jones

as Jack Jefferson

Jane Alexander

as Eleanor

Lou Gilbert

as Goldie

Joel Fluellen

as Tick

Chester Morris

as Pop Weaver

Robert Webber

as Dixon

Marlene Warfield

as Clara

Hal Holbrook

as Cameron

Beah Richards

as Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn

as Scipio

Larry Pennell

as Brady

Marcel Dalio

as French Promoter

Manuel Padilla Jr.

as Paco

Scatman Crothers

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

R.G. Armstrong

as Captain Dan

Rodolfo Acosta

as El Jefe

Ernest Anderson

as Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)

Crew

Martin Ritt

Director

John DeCuir

Production Design

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Paul Stanhope Jr.

Makeup Artist

Pat Abbott

Hairstylist

Lawrence Turman

Producer

Raphael Bretton

Set Decoration

Burnett Guffey

Director of Photography

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Jerry Ziesmer

Assistant Director

Howard Sackler

Screenplay

Edwin Butterworth

Makeup Artist

Jack Martin Smith

Art Direction

Marvin Weldon

Script Supervisor

William Reynolds

Editor

Donald McKayle

Choreographer

Tim Zinnemann

Assistant Director

Lionel Newman

Original Music Composer