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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 Irving
Richard-Irving
6 total credits
Richard Irving has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Ransom for a Dead Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Jesse Owens Story, Repossessed and Istanbul Express

Writer:

Harold Gast
Harold-Gast
4 total credits
Harold Gast has 4 credits at Criticker, including: A Woman Called Golda, From Here to Eternity, Ironclads and The Jesse Owens Story

Starring:

Debbi Morgan
Debbi-Morgan
21 total credits
Debbi Morgan has 21 credits at Criticker, including: Coach Carter, The Hurricane, Love and Basketball, Eve's Bayou and Mandingo
,
Ronny Cox
Ronny-Cox
57 total credits
Ronny Cox has 57 credits at Criticker, including: Total Recall, RoboCop, Beverly Hills Cop, Deep Blue Sea and Deliverance
,
Dorian Harewood
Dorian-Harewood
38 total credits
Dorian Harewood has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Full Metal Jacket, Gothika, Sudden Death, 12 Angry Men and The Falcon and the Snowman
,
Barry Corbin
Barry-Corbin
96 total credits
Barry Corbin has 96 credits at Criticker, including: No Country for Old Men, WarGames, Stir Crazy, Ghost Dad and Critters 2: The Main Course
,
George Kennedy
George-Kennedy
100 total credits
George 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)
,
Ben Vereen
Ben-Vereen
25 total credits
Ben Vereen has 25 credits at Criticker, including: All That Jazz, Roots, Idlewild, Once Upon a Forest and Funny Lady
,
Tom Bosley
Tom-Bosley
44 total credits
Tom Bosley has 44 credits at Criticker, including: The Back-up Plan, Yours, Mine and Ours, Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote and The World of Henry Orient
,
LeVar Burton
LeVar-Burton
39 total credits
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)
,
Norman Fell
Norman-Fell
45 total credits
Norman Fell has 45 credits at Criticker, including: The Graduate, Bullitt, Inherit the Wind, Ocean's Eleven and Charley Varrick
,
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg-Stanford-Brown
28 total credits
Georg Stanford Brown has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Stir Crazy, Colossus: The Forbin Project, House Party 2, North and South and The Comedians
,
Lynn Hamilton
Lynn-Hamilton
15 total credits
Lynn Hamilton has 15 credits at Criticker, including: Shadows, The Vanishing, Legal Eagles, Lady Sings the Blues and Sanford and Son
,
Greg Morris
Greg-Morris
17 total credits
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

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

The Jesse Owens Story

1984
Drama
TV Movie
2h 54m
Avg Percentile 52.61% from 7 total ratings

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Rated 28 Mar 2020
58
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Rated 15 Nov 2016
65
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Rated 30 Apr 2015
70
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Rated 04 Mar 2012
67
38th
Rated 25 Jan 2012
60
26th
Rated 02 Nov 2011
65
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Richard Irving
Richard-Irving
6 total credits
Richard Irving has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Ransom for a Dead Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Jesse Owens Story, Repossessed and Istanbul Express

Writer:

Harold Gast
Harold-Gast
4 total credits
Harold Gast has 4 credits at Criticker, including: A Woman Called Golda, From Here to Eternity, Ironclads and The Jesse Owens Story

Starring:

Debbi Morgan
Debbi-Morgan
21 total credits
Debbi Morgan has 21 credits at Criticker, including: Coach Carter, The Hurricane, Love and Basketball, Eve's Bayou and Mandingo
,
Ronny Cox
Ronny-Cox
57 total credits
Ronny Cox has 57 credits at Criticker, including: Total Recall, RoboCop, Beverly Hills Cop, Deep Blue Sea and Deliverance
,
Dorian Harewood
Dorian-Harewood
38 total credits
Dorian Harewood has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Full Metal Jacket, Gothika, Sudden Death, 12 Angry Men and The Falcon and the Snowman
,
Barry Corbin
Barry-Corbin
96 total credits
Barry Corbin has 96 credits at Criticker, including: No Country for Old Men, WarGames, Stir Crazy, Ghost Dad and Critters 2: The Main Course
,
George Kennedy
George-Kennedy
100 total credits
George 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)
,
Ben Vereen
Ben-Vereen
25 total credits
Ben Vereen has 25 credits at Criticker, including: All That Jazz, Roots, Idlewild, Once Upon a Forest and Funny Lady
,
Tom Bosley
Tom-Bosley
44 total credits
Tom Bosley has 44 credits at Criticker, including: The Back-up Plan, Yours, Mine and Ours, Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote and The World of Henry Orient
,
LeVar Burton
LeVar-Burton
39 total credits
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)
,
Norman Fell
Norman-Fell
45 total credits
Norman Fell has 45 credits at Criticker, including: The Graduate, Bullitt, Inherit the Wind, Ocean's Eleven and Charley Varrick
,
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg-Stanford-Brown
28 total credits
Georg Stanford Brown has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Stir Crazy, Colossus: The Forbin Project, House Party 2, North and South and The Comedians
,
Lynn Hamilton
Lynn-Hamilton
15 total credits
Lynn Hamilton has 15 credits at Criticker, including: Shadows, The Vanishing, Legal Eagles, Lady Sings the Blues and Sanford and Son
,
Greg Morris
Greg-Morris
17 total credits
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

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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