He could beat any white man in the world. He just couldn't beat all of them.
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Directed byMartin Ritt
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- October 11, 1970
Lawrence Turman ProductionsWatch the
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Featuring
Cast & crew
James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
Goldie
Joel Fluellen
Tick
Chester Morris
Pop Weaver
Robert Webber
Dixon
Marlene Warfield
Clara
Hal Holbrook
Cameron
Beah Richards
Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn
Scipio
- Directed by
- Martin Ritt
- Written by
- Howard Sackler
- Produced by
- Lawrence Turman
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