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Don King: Only in America is a film of genre Drama directed by John Herzfeld released in USA on 15 november 1997 with Ving Rhames
Don King: Only in America (1997)
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Add to a movie listDon King: Only in America is a 1997 television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem (based on the book Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack Newfield). The film stars actor Ving Rhames as Don King and tells the story of King becoming a famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
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Un portrait cinématographique du célèbre promoteur de combat et manager de boxe.Actors
Ving Rhames
(Don King)
Vondie Curtis-Hall
(Lloyd Price)
Jeremy Piven
(Hank Schwartz)
Lou Rawls
(Harold Logan)
Darius McCrary
(Muhammad Ali)
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