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The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
Drama
TV Movie
2h 54m
Spanning over forty years, this powerful docudrama traces Jesse's life- from his days as a sharecropper's son, through his incredible record-breaking college years, his marriage to his high school sweetheart, his monumental victories in the 1936 Olympics, and his thirty-year struggle to survive in a prejudiced country that he loved so deeply. (runningmovies.com)
Directed by:
Richard IrvingWriter:
Harold GastStarring:
Debbi Morgan, Ronny Cox, Dorian Harewood, Barry Corbin, George KennedyGeorge Harris Kennedy, Jr. (born February 18, 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (for which he won an Academy Award), airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and as Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of comedy films...(Wikipedia)
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia)
Shortly before his death, he went to see the Mission: Impossible (1996) movie; he hated it so much that he walked out less than an hour after the film started. Born in Cleveland, Morris came to Hollywood in the early 1960s. His acting experience at that time consisted of a few minor roles on the Seattle stage. He found work appearing on Television series such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) and "Mystery Zone" (1959) before being cast in "Mission: Impossible" (1966). Morris played quiet, effic
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Directed by:
Richard IrvingWriter:
Harold GastStarring:
Debbi Morgan, Ronny Cox, Dorian Harewood, Barry Corbin, George KennedyGeorge Harris Kennedy, Jr. (born February 18, 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (for which he won an Academy Award), airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and as Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of comedy films...(Wikipedia)
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia)
Shortly before his death, he went to see the Mission: Impossible (1996) movie; he hated it so much that he walked out less than an hour after the film started. Born in Cleveland, Morris came to Hollywood in the early 1960s. His acting experience at that time consisted of a few minor roles on the Seattle stage. He found work appearing on Television series such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) and "Mystery Zone" (1959) before being cast in "Mission: Impossible" (1966). Morris played quiet, effic
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