mrzuzax Reviews

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978 TV Movie)

NOT THE WAY I REMEMBER HIM

[4 February 2020]

This film was shown as part of Black History Month and I'm thankful to see it again after 40 years. Levar Burton is a fine actor but looks nothing like LeFlore, a much larger, more muscular man (look at the picture of Burton with actual Detroit Tigers). LeFlore was an ex-prisoner, hardened, tough and built like a middleweight fighter - much as I l