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When America Needed Heroes, A Jewish Slugger Stepped To The Plate.
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The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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14 wins
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4 nominations
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DVD Release: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
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Cast
(in credits order) | Reeve Brenner | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Rabbi Reeve Brenner) |
| Hank Greenberg | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Walter Matthau | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Alan M. Dershowitz | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Alan Dershowitz) |
| Carl Levin | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Senator Carl Levin) |
| Stephen Greenberg | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Joseph Greenberg | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Joe Greenberg) |
| Max Ticktin | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Rabbi Max Ticktin) |
| Bill Mead | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Lou Gehrig | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Basil 'Mickey' Briggs | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Don Shapiro | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Bert Gordon | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Joe Falls | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Henry Ford | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Leo Ribuffo | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Dr. Leo Ribuffo) |
| Father Coughlin | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| George Barahal | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Dr. George Barahal) |
| Ira Berkow | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Harold Allen | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Robert Steinberg | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Charlie Gehringer | ... | Himself - interviewee (also archive footage) |
| Herman 'Flea' Clifton | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Billy Rogell | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Birdie Tebbets | ... | Himself - interviewee (as George 'Birdie' Tebbetts) |
| Ernie Harwell | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Elden Auker | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Eldon Auker) |
| Dick Schaap | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Goose Goslin | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Dizzy Dean | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Harvey Frank | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Marilyn Greenberg | ... | Herself - interviewee |
| Harriet Colman | ... | Herself - interviewee |
| Alva Greenberg | ... | Herself - interviewee |
| Mickey Cochrane | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Charlie Grimm | ... | Himself - interviewee (archive footage) |
 | Michael Moriarty | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Max Lapides | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Gabby Hartnett | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Joe Louis | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Shirley Povich | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Al Rosen | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Rip Collins | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Tommy Bridges | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Joe DiMaggio | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jane Briggs Hart | ... | Herself - interviewee |
| Harry Eisenstat | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Bob Feller | ... | Himself - interviewee (also archive footage) |
| Hoot Robinson | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Rudy York | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Hal Newhouser | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Barney McCosky | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Bobo Newsom | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as 'Buck' Newsom) |
| Paul Derringer | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Junior Thompson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bucky Walters | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... | Himself (also radio broadcast) (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Del Baker | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Arn Tellem | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Barney Ross | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Caral Gimbel | ... | Herself - interviewee |
| Glenn Greenberg | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Sander Levin | ... | Himself - interviewee (as Congressman Sander Levin) |
| Walter O. Briggs Jr. | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Walter 'Spike' Briggs Jr.) |
| Walter O. Briggs Sr. | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Albert 'Happy' Chandler | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Happy Chandler) |
| Bill Schuster | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Steve O'Neill | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Paul Richards | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Virgil Trucks | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| George Kell | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| Billy Herman | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Billy Hermann) |
| Jackie Robinson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ralph Kiner | ... | Himself - interviewee |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gene Thompson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Paul 'Daffy' Dean | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Frankie Frisch | ... | Himself -- Cardinals manager (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Adolf Hitler | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Kenesaw M. Landis | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Connie Mack | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Gregory Peck | ... | Philip Schuyler Green in 'Gentlemen's Agreement'[ (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Maury Povich | ... | Himself - interviewee (uncredited) |
 | Babe Ruth | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Hank Wyse | ... | Himself -- Cubs pitcher (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Louis Zorich | ... | Jules Berger in 'Brooklyn Bridge' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Aviva Kempner | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Aviva Kempner | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Aviva Kempner | .... | producer | |
| Ari Daniel Pinchot | .... | associate producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Jerry Feldman | (director of photography) | ||
| Kevin D. Hewitt | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Marian Sears Hunter | |||
Production Management | |||
| Deborah Martin | .... | production manager | |
| Donna Starpuzza | .... | production manager: Detroit | |
Art Department | |||
| Joshua Pokempner | .... | graphic designer | |
Animation Department | |||
| Berle Cherney | .... | photo animator | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Stephen Garrett | .... | trailer editor | |
| Parine Jaddo | .... | assistant editor | |
| Jason Kaplan | .... | assistant editor | |
| Shelley E. Kindred | .... | assistant editor (as Shelley Kindred) | |
| Karen Larson | .... | assistant editor | |
| Kisha Murphy | .... | assistant editor | |
| Alice Perry | .... | assistant editor | |
| Alice Perry | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| David Pultz | .... | color timer | |
| John Rehberger | .... | on-line editor | |
| Judith Sobol | .... | additional editor | |
| Jane Tolmachyov | .... | color timer | |
Music Department | |||
| Matthew Abbott | .... | music consultant | |
| Tom Abruzzo | .... | musician: bass | |
| Joel Chernet | .... | musician: alto sax, clarinet and flute | |
| Edwin B. Edwards | .... | composer: song "Tiger Rag" | |
| Ken Gross | .... | musician: trumpet and flugelhorn | |
| Shelly Horn | .... | musician: drums and percussion | |
| Dan Lieberstein | .... | music supervisor | |
| Henry Sapoznik | .... | music designer | |
| Henry Sapoznik | .... | musician: banjo | |
| Carl Schickler | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Sandra Schipior | .... | musician: violin | |
| Peter Sokolow | .... | conductor | |
| Peter Sokolow | .... | music arranger | |
| Peter Sokolow | .... | musician: piano and synthesizer | |
Other crew | |||
| Morris Amitay | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Eugene Applebaum | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Sarah Avery | .... | production associate | |
| Ann Bachmann | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Bruce Bachmann | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard Bak | .... | production assistant | |
| Anne Bancroft | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Max Bardenstein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Rena Bardenstein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Susan Bay | .... | funding generously provided by (as Susan Bay Nimoy) | |
| Michael Bender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Natalie Bender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Norman Bender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Patricia Bender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Philip Bender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Ira Berkow | .... | principal consultant | |
| Madeline H. Berman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mandell L. Berman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Barbara Bick | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Katri Billard | .... | publicity & festival coordinator | |
| April Blankfort | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Lowell Blankfort | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Gay Block | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| George Blumenthal | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Laura Booker | .... | production associate | |
| Peter Bosch | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Gretchen Brodtman | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Ann Loeb Bronfman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Amy Brookman | .... | production associate | |
| Mel Brooks | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Hope Bryer | .... | production associate | |
| David Carliner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Patrick Caulfield | .... | intern | |
| Eddie Cockrell | .... | researcher | |
| Katarina Cockrell | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Dana Codell | .... | production associate | |
| George Cohen | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jerry S. Cohen | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Avem Cohn | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Harriet Colman | .... | photos | |
| Helen Covensky | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Milton Covensky | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Edgar M. Cullman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Joseph F. Cullman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Judith Darsky | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard Darsky | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Pablo De Negri | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Patrece Dean | .... | production associate | |
| Neil Diamond | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Hasia Diner | .... | consultant (as Dr. Hasia Diner) | |
| Tomas Dinges | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Joel Dorfman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Henry Droz | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| June Droz | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Malka Drucker | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Stanley Ebner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Eleanor Elias | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Edith Everett | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Henry Everett | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Gerald Farber | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Rebecca Farmer | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Harold Feinbloom | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| S. Marcus Finkle | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Brett Fisher | .... | researcher | |
| Adam D. Fleischman | .... | assistant to producer (as Adam Fleischman) | |
| Amy Flynn | .... | production associate | |
| Justin Frank | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Micheline Frank | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Robert Freedman | .... | legal services | |
| Neil Friedman | .... | producer's representative | |
| David Fucillo | .... | intern | |
| Neal Gantcher | .... | legal services | |
| Gretchen Gardner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard L. Gelb | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Joe R. Gerson | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Erica Ginsberg | .... | production associate | |
| Sara Glembocki | .... | production associate | |
| Carolyn Glickstein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard Glickstein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Patrice Goldman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Caroline Goldstein | .... | photos | |
| Daniel Gordon | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Michael Gordon | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Rena Gordon | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Pamela Gorelick | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Eugene M. Grant | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Stephen Greenberg | .... | principal consultant | |
| William Greenberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Lillian Greenberg-Golson | .... | photos | |
| Philip Gross | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Warren Grover | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Robert Gruber | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Barry Halper | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Sharon Halper | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Harry Handelsman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Tamara Handelsman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Leslie Harris | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Donald M. Hartline | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Greg Headington | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Ruth Hendel | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Stephen Hendel | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Judith Herbert | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Margaret Herman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Sidney Herman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| David Hermelin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Doreen Hermelin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Arthur Hiller | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Gwen Hiller | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Elsie Holtzman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Irwin Holtzman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Shirley Holtzman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Annette Insdorf | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Eli Jacobs | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Danny Jacobson | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Douglas Jemal | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Tricia Josephs | .... | production associate | |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Marilyn Katzenberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Michael Kazin | .... | consultant (as Dr. Michael Kazin) | |
| Jonathan Kempner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mark Kingdon | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Larry Kirstein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Eric Koenig | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Robert L. Koenig | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Arlene Kogod | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Dick Kosoff | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Michael Kroll | .... | researcher | |
| Steven Kronzek | .... | accountant | |
| Diana Kunkel | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jon Laskin | .... | insurance | |
| Jillian Lazar | .... | production associate | |
| Roz Avent Lazarus | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Lyn Lear | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Norman Lear | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Annette Lerner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Theodore Lerner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Gerald Levine | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Alexander Wolf Levy | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Peter Lewis | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Terry Lewis | .... | edge-coding | |
| Willy Linder | .... | photos | |
| Jo List | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jerry Lopez | .... | accountant | |
| Marshall Lowenstein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Marshall Lowenstein | .... | photos | |
| Norton Mailman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jill Manuel | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Deborah Martin | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Rhoda Mayerson | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Hannah Mazer | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Michael Mazer | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Asby Meek McDonald | .... | researcher | |
| Brian McKaig | .... | production assistant | |
| Donald McNeely | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Bill Mead | .... | consultant (as William B. Mead) | |
| Stuart Meyers | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Paul Miles | .... | funding generously provided by (as Paul Z. Miles) | |
| Stephen E. Milman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| James Mitchell | .... | production associate | |
| Holly Moskerintz | .... | production associate | |
| Pamela S. Nadell | .... | consultant (as Dr. Pamela S. Nadell) | |
| Raenell Nagel | .... | intern | |
| Diane Naughton | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Brett Naylor | .... | production associate | |
| Marilyn Ness | .... | researcher | |
| Leonard Nimoy | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| H. Gerald Nordberg Jr. | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Linda Nordberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Bernard Nussbaum | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Laura Offen | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Jack Olender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Lovell Olender | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| David M. Osnos | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Margaret Parsons | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Ernestine Pauley | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Stephen Peck | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jim Pedas | .... | funding generously provided by (as James Pedas) | |
| Ted Pedas | .... | funding generously provided by (as Theodore Pedas) | |
| Matthew J. Perry | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Hannah Pokempner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Irving Pokempner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Joshua Pokempner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Sarah Pokempner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Abe Pollin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Irene Pollin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Maury Povich | .... | funding generously provided by (as Maurice R. Povich) | |
| Norman Rales | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Bruce Ratner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Julie Ratner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Anne Reich | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Henry Reich | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jerry Reinsdorf | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Leo Ribuffo | .... | consultant (as Dr. Leo Ribuffo) | |
| Arlene Richards | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Arnold Richards | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| William Rosen | .... | photos | |
| Norman Rosenfeld | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jay Rosenkranz | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Linda Rosenkranz | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Rocky Ross | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Amy Rubenstein | .... | researcher | |
| Jack Rudin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Lewis Rudin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Susan Rudin | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Deborah Salzberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Michael Salzberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Anita Sarna | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mark Sarna | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard Savitt | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Clara G. Schiffer | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mark Schneider | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Susan Schneider | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Amy Schwartz | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Marc Schwartz | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard Seidel | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Laura Seltzer | .... | researcher | |
| Barbara Shapiro | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Don Shapiro | .... | funding generously provided by (as Donald N. Shapiro) | |
| Sigmund Shapiro | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Stanley K. Sheinbaum | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mort Sheinman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| David Shneyer | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Joseph Sinay | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Richard Sloan | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Sheila Sloan | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Claudia Slocum | .... | production associate | |
| Lawrence M. Small | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| David Bruce Smith | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mrs. Robert H. Smith | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Robert H. Smith | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Hope Solinger | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| George Spina | .... | travel arrangements | |
| Michalyn Steele | .... | production associate | |
| Fred Stein | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Edward Steinberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Judith Steinberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| David Steinman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Art Stevens | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jason Stoff | .... | title designer | |
| Gretchen Faith Stoloff | .... | production associate | |
| Sabin Streeter | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Allan Sutton | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Marta Tanenhaus | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Amy Tarrant | .... | production associate | |
| Paul Tate | .... | production assistant | |
| Alan Tatum | .... | intern | |
| Arn Tellem | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jennifer Tenenbaum | .... | production associate | |
| Max Ticktin | .... | consultant (as Rabbi Max Ticktin) | |
| D'Vora Tirschwell | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Benjamin Van Horne | .... | intern | |
| Lise Van Susteren | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Wayne Vandenburg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Fay Vincent | .... | funding generously provided by (as Francis Vincent Jr.) | |
| Nannette Wasserman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Paul Wasserman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Michael Weatherly | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Alan G. Weiler | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mrs. Alan G. Weiler | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Robert Weinberg | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Leon Weiner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Sandra Weiner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jeffrey Wenner | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Alyssum Wier | .... | production associate | |
| Bette Wolfson | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Harold Wolfson | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Peter Wright | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Catherine Wyler | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Jennifer Wynter | .... | production associate | |
| Erwin C. Ziegelman | .... | funding generously provided by | |
| Mark Zurolo | .... | researcher | |
Thanks | |||
| David Alexander | .... | very special thanks | |
| Harold Allen | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Peter Basch | .... | very special thanks | |
| Steve Blakely | .... | very special thanks | |
| Laura Blanco | .... | very special thanks | |
| Fran Cary | .... | very special thanks | |
| Arnold Chase | .... | very special thanks | |
| Cheryl Chase | .... | very special thanks | |
| David Chase | .... | very special thanks | |
| Herman 'Flea' Clifton | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Helen Covensky | .... | very special thanks | |
| Milton Covensky | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Noah Cowan | .... | very special thanks | |
| Sol Drachler | .... | very special thanks | |
| Ginny Durrin | .... | very special thanks | |
| Victor Elmaleh | .... | very special thanks | |
| Simcha Fogelman | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Charlie Gehringer | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Aaron Goldman | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Michal Goldman | .... | very special thanks | |
| Bert Gordon | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Alva Greenberg | .... | very special thanks | |
| Glenn Greenberg | .... | very special thanks | |
| Hank Greenberg | .... | in loving memory of (as Hammerin' 'Hank' Greenberg) | |
| Myrna Greenberg | .... | very special thanks | |
| Stephen Greenberg | .... | very special thanks | |
| Robert Gruber | .... | very special thanks | |
| Josh Hanig | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Greg Harris | .... | very special thanks | |
| Leslie Harris | .... | very special thanks | |
| J.D. Hayworth | .... | acknowledgment: archival footage provided by (as Congressman J.D. Hayworth) | |
| Arthur Hiller | .... | very special thanks | |
| Gwen Hiller | .... | very special thanks | |
| Karen Holtzman | .... | very special thanks | |
| Annette Insdorf | .... | very special thanks | |
| Cecile Insdorf | .... | very special thanks | |
| Shirley Jacobs | .... | very special thanks | |
| Karen Kalish | .... | very special thanks | |
| Jennifer Katz | .... | very special thanks | |
| Tivy Katz | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Neil Keller | .... | very special thanks | |
| Aliza Kempner | .... | very special thanks | |
| Chaim Kempner | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Delaney Kempner | .... | very special thanks | |
| Jonathan Kempner | .... | very special thanks | |
| Piera Kempner | .... | very special thanks | |
| Carolina Kenrick | .... | very special thanks | |
| Barbara Kopple | .... | very special thanks | |
| Mimi Krant | .... | acknowledgment: archival footage provided by | |
| Irene Landsman | .... | very special thanks | |
| Ron Landsman | .... | very special thanks | |
| Jennifer Lawson | .... | very special thanks | |
| Norman Lear | .... | very special thanks | |
| Rachel Levin | .... | very special thanks | |
| Jo List | .... | very special thanks | |
| Steven Lowenstein | .... | very special thanks (as Steve Lowenstein) | |
| Ernie Marcus | .... | very special thanks | |
| Madalyn Marcus | .... | very special thanks | |
| Walter Matthau | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Barney McCosky | .... | in loving memory of | |
| Tom McMorrow | .... | acknowledgment: archival footage provided by | |
| Mark Meader | .... | very special thanks | |
| Joe Monge | .... | very special thanks | |
| Mark Nelson | .... | very special thanks | |
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Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language
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This is not just an excellent film about Hank Greenberg, it is an excellent film about discrimination, and how one man took the high road to overcome it. This is a film that should be shown to young people in civics or history classes as the basis for discussion of anti-semitism in North America.