Lord, Lord, young Ruby Dee was beautiful beyond belief! This is clearly a low budget production which canonizes Branch Rickey to an absurd extent, still worth your time if you're a fan of the most courageous player in baseball history. I have doubts about the film's contention that Rickey DIDN'T violate Negro League contracts when signing Robinson, Campanella, and Newcombe. In any event, in the universe of baseball movies, this is well above average, despite some stilted dialogue and obviously period-imposed distortions. Side note: odd that a feature film would be made a mere two years into Robinson's career.
Review of The Jackie Robinson Story
