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  1. Oct 26, 1977 · The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened: Directed by Gilbert Moses. With Jimmie 'JJ' Walker, Debbie Allen, Tamu Blackwell, Valerie Curtin. Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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    • Drama, Sport
    • Gilbert Moses
    • 1977-10-26
  2. Adapted from the novel by Don Robertson, Jimmie Walker plays a high school basketball player stricken with leukemia. Tony nominated director Gilbert Moses enlists a strong supporting cast, which ...

    • 93 min
    • 480.3K
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  3. The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened. A 1950s teenage basketball player (Jimmie Walker) has leukemia, and a father (James Earl Jones) who never had time for him.

    • Drama
    • Jimmie Walker
    • Gilbert Moses
  4. Stream 'The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened' and watch online. Discover streaming options, rental services, and purchase links for this movie on Moviefone.

  5. Apr 13, 2019 · The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) Just before a big championship basketball tournament, a teenage star athlete learns that he has leukemia. A 1977 network promo for the television film The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened, starring Jimmie Walker, James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Kevin Hooks

    • 138 min
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  8. In the 1950s a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia, and his winning spirit is threatened as he faces a major basketball tournament just before Christmas, while his dad's struggle to maintain his own self-respect often blinds him to his son's emotional needs.