The Jesse Owens Story
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The life story of Jesse Owens is told in this 1984 film. He was a young African-American who would become one of the greatest modern Olympic athletes when he proved Hitler's boast about the "Aryan athletic superiority" wrong by winning four gold medals, setting world records and becoming the star of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- Starring:
- Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Dan Ammerman .... Coach Robertson
- 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
- Gary Moody .... Angry Customer
- Randy Moore .... Coach Cromwell
- Debbi Morgan .... Ruth Solomon Owens
- Greg Morris .... Mel Walker
- Paul Osborne .... Uncredited
- Tonye Patano .... Laverne Owens
- Lee Ritchey .... Brashears
- James Sikking .... Avery Brundage
- Vic Tayback .... Abe Saperstein
- Weyman Thompson .... Herb Solomon
- Arnold F. Turner .... Ralph Metcalfe
- John Vargas .... Pasqual Martinez
- Ben Vereen .... Herb Douglas
- Kai Wulff
- Craig 'Junior' Miller
- Directed by Richard Irving
- Written by Harold Gast
- Produced by Harve Bennett
[edit] See also
The Jesse Owens Story at the Internet Movie Database
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