Skip to content
The Great White Hope backdrop

The Great White Hope

6.3Oct 11, 19701h 43mDrama

Directed by Martin Ritt

Written by Howard Sackler, Howard Sackler

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

Watch Now

Cast

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Jack Jefferson

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Eleanor

Lou Gilbert

Lou Gilbert

Goldie

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Tick

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Pop Weaver

Robert Webber

Robert Webber

Dixon

Marlene Warfield

Marlene Warfield

Clara

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Cameron

Beah Richards

Beah Richards

Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Scipio

Larry Pennell

Larry Pennell

Brady

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

French Promoter

Screenshots