Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
- Released
- 1981-05-31
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Richard A. Colla
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
- Beverly Todd as Lahoma Brown Paige
- Cleavon Little as Rabbit Thompson
- Ernie Barnes as Josh Gibson
- Clifton Davis as Cool Papa Bell
- Hal Williams as Carl Roberts
- Taylor Lacher as Announcer
- John Beradino as Jake Wells
- Jim Davis as Mr. Wilkenson
- Ossie Davis as Chuffy Russell
- Tonea Stewart as Mama Paige
- J.R. Horne as Mr. Andrews