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Writer:
Harold Gast (writer)
Release Date:
9 July 1984 (USA)
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Plot:
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African American
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Won Primetime Emmy.
Another 2 nominations
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This is a real "It's a wonderful life".
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Dorian Harewood | ... | Jesse Owens |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Dan Ammerman | ... | Coach Robertson |
| Bob Banks | ... | Henry Owens |
| Tom Bosley | ... | Jimmy Hoffa |
| Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Lew Gilbert |
 | LeVar Burton | ... | Professor Preston |
| Bernard Canepari | ... | Attorney Grossfeld |
| Robert Chidsey | ... | Governor Aide |
| Glenn Colerider | ... | OSU Professor Overman |
 | Barry Corbin | ... | Judge |
 | Ronny Cox | ... | Coach Larry Snyder |
 | Chris Douridas | ... | Jerome |
| Norman Fell | ... | Marty Forkins |
 | Lynn Hamilton | ... | Mamma Solomon |
| Robert Hibbard | ... | Police Lieutenant |
| George Kennedy | ... | Charles 'Charley' Riley |
 | Chuck Long | ... | Friend at table |
| Gary Moody | ... | Angry Customer |
| Randy Moore | ... | Coach Cromwell |
| Debbi Morgan | ... | Ruth Solomon Owens |
| Greg Morris | ... | Mel Walker |
 | Tonye Patano | ... | Laverne Owens |
| Lee Ritchey | ... | Brashears |
| James Sikking | ... | Avery Brundage |
| Vic Tayback | ... | Abe Saperstein |
| Donald Thompson | ... | Hitler Youth |
| Weyman Thompson | ... | Herb Solomon |
| Arnold F. Turner | ... | Ralph Metcalfe |
| John Vargas | ... | Pasqual Martinez |
| Ben Vereen | ... | Herb Douglas |
| Kai Wulff | ||
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USA:174 min
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Races were shot at Fouts Field at North Texas State (now University of North Texas).
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[on hearing that Jesse had received $10.000 from an unknown benefactor in 1936]
Lew Gilbert: What is the straight story behind that money, Mr. Owens?
Jesse Owens: You want the truth? I was paid $10.000 to support Alfred M. Landon's campaign againt Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lew Gilbert: Were you ashamed of that?
Jesse Owens: Some people thought I should be, but I wasn't. Celebrities endorse cigarettes, banks, automobiles. Why was it wrong for me to endorse a Republican? Besides, it wasn't just for the money. I believed Landon would be better for the Black man.
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Lew Gilbert: What is the straight story behind that money, Mr. Owens?
Jesse Owens: You want the truth? I was paid $10.000 to support Alfred M. Landon's campaign againt Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lew Gilbert: Were you ashamed of that?
Jesse Owens: Some people thought I should be, but I wasn't. Celebrities endorse cigarettes, banks, automobiles. Why was it wrong for me to endorse a Republican? Besides, it wasn't just for the money. I believed Landon would be better for the Black man.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Beast of Yucca Flats (#7.21)" (1995)
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When I watched this movie it made me think that it's a real "It's a wonderful life". Cause like in the movie, Jesse Owens always tries his best but in the end he seems to be left with very little. And if anyone has a reason to be sore at the world it's him. But in the end when it seemed like he was up against the wall, all of his friends rallied to help him. Just as in "It's a wonderful life" no man is a failure who as friends and Jesse Owens had more than enough, when it counted.