Go, Man, Go!

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Go, Man, Go!
Directed by James Wong Howe
Produced by Alfred Palca
Written by Alfred Palca
Starring Dane Clark
Sidney Poitier
The Harlem Globetrotters
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) 1954
Running time 82 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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Go, Man, Go! is a 1954 sports film starring Dane Clark, Sidney Poitier and The Harlem Globetrotters. Clark plays Abe Saperstein, the organizer of the Globetrotters. Poitier's character is Inman Jackson, the team's showboating center.

The film tracks the Globetrotters from humble beginnings through a triumph over a major-league basketball team, as they struggle to overcome racial discrimination. Actual Harlem Globetrotter players portray the team in basketball action throughout the picture.[1] The friendship between Saperstein and Jackson, and their wives, is an important storyline.[2]

[edit] Hollywood blacklist

Screenwriter and producer Alfred Palca was accused by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1953 of being a Communist. He refused to cooperate with their investigations. No distributor was willing to release the film with his name credited, so he gave the producing credit to his brother-in-law, Anton M. Leader, and the screenwriting credit to his cousin, Arnold Becker, a pediatrician. He never worked in the film industry again. According to Palca, the F.B.I. saw his casting of Poitier as further evidence of his Communism.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Crowther, Bosley. "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Harlem Globetrotters Perform in a Sports Romance, 'Go, Man, Go!' at the Globe", New York Times, March 10, 1954. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. 
  2. ^ Brennan, Sandra. Go, Man, Go!. All Movie Guide. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
  3. ^ Weber, Bruce. "Four Decades After He Was Blacklisted, A Writer-Producer Finally Gets Credit", New York Times, August 20, 1997. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. 


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