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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) (TV)
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26 October 1977 (USA) morePlot:
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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A very poignant, interesting story moreCast
(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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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.