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The Great White Hope is a american film of genre Drama directed by Martin Ritt released in USA on 11 october 1970 with James Earl Jones
The Great White Hope (1970)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 october 1970
Length 1h43
Directed by Martin Ritt
OriginUSA
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Rating68%
The Great White Hope is a 1970 biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the Howard Sackler play of the same name.
The film was directed by Martin Ritt, starring James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards and Moses Gunn. Jones and Alexander, who also appeared in the same roles in the stage versions, both received Best Actor and Actress Academy Award nominations for their performances.
Synopsis
Set between 1910 and 1915, the story follows Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones; patterned after real-life boxer Jack Johnson) going on a hot streak of victories in the boxing ring as he defeats every white boxer around. Soon the press and racists announce the search for a "great white hope", a boxer who will defeat Jefferson for the heavyweight title. Meanwhile, Jefferson prepares for a few more matches, but he lets his guard down by courting the beautiful (and very white) Eleanor Bachman (Jane Alexander), and when everyone, including Jack's black "wife", discover this, the tensions grow to fever pitch. Jack's close black friends become scared over his pushing the envelope of success and the white authorities conspire to frame him with unlawful sexual relations with Eleanor and thereby take away his title. It leads to jealousy, a run from the law, and finally, disaster.Actors
James Earl Jones
(Jack Jefferson)
Jane Alexander
(Eleanor)
Chester Morris
(Pop Weaver)
Hal Holbrook
(Cameron)
Moses Gunn
(Scipio)
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