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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) (TV)
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26 October 1977 (USA)
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Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia. | add synopsis
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A very poignant, interesting story
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Jimmie Walker | ... | Morris Bird III |
 | James Earl Jones | ... | Morris Bird, Jr. |
 | Debbie Allen | ... | Julie Sutton |
| Tamu Blackwell | ... | Sandra Bird (as Tamu) |
| Valerie Curtin | ... | Miss Goldfarb |
| Kevin Hooks | ... | Hoover Sissle |
| Sorrell Booke | ... | Samuelson |
| William Traylor | ... | Coach |
| Darrell Zwerling | ... | Dr. Brimson |
| Sam Laws | ... | Horton |
| Harry Caesar | ... | Bonner |
| Saundra Sharp | ... | Aunt Edythe |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Betty Aberlin | ||
| Steve Doubet | ||
| Anson Downes | ||
 | Ned Gill | ||
| Hilda Haynes | ||
| Kathryn Jackson | ||
| Amy Joyce | ||
| Brian Kerwin | ||
| Kathy O'Dare | ||
| Robert Reese | ||
| David Rini | ||
 | Murray Rubin | ||
| Abigail Shelton | ||
| Daniel Tamm | ||
 | David Tyree | ||
| Royce Wallace | ||
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100 min
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A story that I found interesting and comedian Jimmie Walker's only dramatic performance ever is a true classic worth watching!! Additional cast members multi-talented Debbie Allen, Tamu, Kevin Hooks and the man himself James Earl Jones helped make this movie memorable.