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Arthur Mann (writer)
Louis Pollock (writer)
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You'll HIT With Him! You'll RUN With Him! You'll SLIDE With Him!
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Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces... more | add synopsis
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Jackie Robinson ... Himself
Ruby Dee ... Rae Robinson
Minor Watson ... Branch Rickey, President Brooklyn Dodgers
Louise Beavers ... Jackie's mother
Richard Lane ... Clay Hopper, Montreal Manager
Harry Shannon ... Frank Shaughnessy, Dodger Executive
Ben Lessy ... Shorty, Montreal Player
William 'Bill' Spaulding ... Himself (as Bill Spaulding)
Billy Wayne ... Clyde Sukeforth, Dodger Scout
Joel Fluellen ... Mack Robinson
Bernie Hamilton ... Ernie, Panther Player
Kenny Washington ... Tigers Manager

Pat Flaherty ... Karpen, Dodger Pitcher
Larry McGrath ... Umpire
Emmett Smith ... Catcher
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76 min
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Black and White (black and white version) | Color (color version)
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Canada:PG (Ontario)
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Done on the cheap, but good nonetheless, 24 June 2005
7/10
Author: thepoetbandit from Humboldt County, Calif.

This has to be one of the most cheaply made movies I have ever seen. But it is a good movie anyway, well worth a few bucks to rent and an hour and fifteen minutes of couch time. Jackie Robinson does a decent job as an actor. Hollywood should remake this film because today it can be told with more truth than back in 1950. A remake would be able to graphically detail just what Robinson had to put up with to break the color barrier in baseball. The only thing that really bothered me about this film is that it made a hero out of Branch Rickey. Maybe Rickey deserves such status for seeing it through with Robinson, but I don't think his motives were as altruistic as portrayed in this movie.

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