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

Howard Sackler

Screenplay

Lawrence Turman

Producer

Burnett Guffey

Director of Photography

William Reynolds

Editor

John DeCuir

Production Design

Jack Martin Smith

Art Direction

Raphael Bretton

Set Decoration

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Pat Abbott

Hairstylist

Edwin Butterworth

Makeup Artist

Paul Stanhope Jr.

Makeup Artist

Jerry Ziesmer

Assistant Director

Donald McKayle

Choreographer

Marvin Weldon

Script Supervisor

Tim Zinnemann

Assistant Director

Lionel Newman

Original Music Composer