The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
- Released
- 1984-07-09
- Genres
- Drama, History, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 174 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Richard Irving
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Dorian Harewood as Jesse Owens
- Dan Ammerman as Coach Robertson
- Tom Bosley as Jimmy Hoffa
- Georg Stanford Brown as Lew Gilbert
- LeVar Burton as Professor Preston
- Ronny Cox as Coach Larry Snyder
- Norman Fell as Marty Forkins
- George Kennedy as Charles 'Charley' Riley
- Vic Tayback as Abe Saperstein
- Barry Corbin as Judge
- Chris Douridas as Jerome
- Lynn Hamilton as Mamma Solomon