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The Great White Hope

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Calorie Rating: 145
Released: 1970-10-11
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Studios: Lawrence Turman Productions, 20th Century Fox,


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

Director / Directors

Martin Ritt
Director
Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director
Marvin Weldon
Script Supervisor

Tim Zinnemann
Assistant Director


Cast

James Earl Jones
Character: Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
Character: Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
Character: Goldie

Joel Fluellen
Character: Tick
Chester Morris
Character: Pop Weaver
Robert Webber
Character: Dixon

Marlene Warfield
Character: Clara
Hal Holbrook
Character: Cameron
Beah Richards
Character: Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn
Character: Scipio
Larry Pennell
Character: Brady
Marcel Dalio
Character: French Promoter

Manuel Padilla Jr.
Character: Paco
Scatman Crothers
Character: Carnival Barker (uncredited)
R.G. Armstrong
Character: Captain Dan

Rodolfo Acosta
Character: El Jefe
Ernest Anderson
Character: Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Howard Sackler
Screenplay

Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
John DeCuir
Production Design
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration

Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Donald McKayle
Choreographer

Paul Stanhope Jr.
Makeup Artist
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction

Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer