Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
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Title: The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (TV Movie 1977)
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| Jimmie Walker | ... | Morris Bird III | |
| Debbie Allen | ... | Julie Sutton (as Deborah Allen) | |
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Tamu Blackwell | ... | Sandra Bird (as Tamu) |
| Valerie Curtin | ... | Miss Goldfarb | |
| Kevin Hooks | ... | Hoover Sissle | |
| Sorrell Booke | ... | Samuelson | |
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William Traylor | ... | Coach |
| Darrell Zwerling | ... | Dr. Brimson | |
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S. Pearl Sharp | ... | Aunt Edythe (as Sandra Sharp) |
| Davis Roberts | |||
| James Earl Jones | ... | Morris Bird Jr. | |
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David Rini | ||
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Kathy O'Dare | ||
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Hilda Haynes | ||
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Royce Wallace | ||
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Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
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26 October 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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.