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  1. The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name. The film was directed by Martin Ritt, starring James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards and Moses Gunn.

  2. Oct 16, 1970 · The Great White Hope: Directed by Martin Ritt. With James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen. A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

    • (2.8K)
    • Drama, Romance, Sport
    • Martin Ritt
    • 1970-10-16
  3. 3.5K. 375K views 7 years ago. James Earl Jones stars as Jack Johnson the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the world. ...more.

    • 103 min
    • 375.2K
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  4. Howard Sackler's play The Great White Hope centered around Jack Jefferson, a fictionalized version of Jack Johnson, the first black world's heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson was a proud, articulate man who refused to be less than he was to please white people.

    • Martin Ritt, José López Rodero, Tim Zinnemann
    • James Earl Jones
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  6. Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) is the boxing heavyweight champion of early 1910s America. But as a black man, he's not only fighting other boxers, but discrimination and prejudice as...

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    • Drama
    • PG-13
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