The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (TV 1977) - IMDb

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TV Movie - 100 min - Drama | Sport

9.4

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Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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Writers:

Peter S. Beagle, Don Robertson (novel)

Stars:

Jimmie Walker, James Earl Jones and Debbie Allen

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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
	S. Pearl Sharp	...	Aunt Edythe (as Saundra Sharp)
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	Betty Aberlin
	Steve Doubet
	Anson Downes

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Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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Plot Keywords:

Leukemia | Basketball | Based On Novel

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Country:

USA

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Release Date:

26 October 1977 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Tuskien taival See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles Fries Productions, Crestview Productions (III) See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

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Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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