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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...
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When Major Leaguers Play Themselves: "The Jackie Robinson Story"
(From IFC. 4 April 2008, 7:39 AM, PDT)
(From IFC. 4 April 2008, 7:39 AM, PDT)
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Done on the cheap, but good nonetheless
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Canada:PG (Ontario)
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Referenced in "Sanford and Son: Ol' Brown Eyes (#4.3)" (1974)
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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.