A biopic of the four-time Olympic gold medallist Jesse Owens.
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| Dorian Harewood | ... | Jesse Owens | |
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| Dan Ammerman | ... | Coach Robertson | |
| Bob Banks | ... | Henry Owens | |
| Tom Bosley | ... | Jimmy Hoffa | |
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Johnny Brink | ... | Referie |
| Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Lew Gilbert | |
| LeVar Burton | ... | Professor Preston | |
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Bernard Canepari | ... | Attorney Grossfeld |
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Robert Chidsey | ... | Governor Aide |
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Glenn Colerider | ... | OSU Professor Overman |
| Barry Corbin | ... | Judge | |
| Ronny Cox | ... | Coach Larry Snyder | |
| Chris Douridas | ... | Jerome | |
| Norman Fell | ... | Marty Forkins | |
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Tom Fulton | ... | President OSU |
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The life story of Jesse Owens is told in this film. He was a young African-American who would become one of the greatest modern Olympian athletes when he proved Hitler's boast about the "Aryan athletic superiority" wrong by winning four gold medals, setting world records and becoming the star of the 1936 Berlin Olympics Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
9 July 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A História de Jesse Owens See more »Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
MonoAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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[Black athletes entering through loading dock and riding in freight elevator to their rooms]
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Races were shot at Fouts Field at North Texas State (now University of North Texas). See more »Quotes
Mel Walker: Being a champion meant staying at the same hotel as the White athletes, at least in New York. It did not mean going in the *front* door.[Black athletes entering through loading dock and riding in freight elevator to their rooms]
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Jesse Owens, the Olympic gold-medalist, was the black athlete who overcame many hardships to rise above in the 1936 Berlin games. Today, Owens is revered as one of the finest track and field athletes of all times for his accomplishments in the sport, but should be remembered for everything else he did as a human being as well.