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The Harlem Globetrotters is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phil Brown released in USA on 24 october 1951 with Thomas Gomez
The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)
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Add to a movie listThe Harlem Globetrotters is a 1951 Sport/Drama film about the famous African American basketball team The Harlem Globetrotters released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Thomas Gomez, Bill Walker, Dorothy Dandridge, Angela Clarke, and Peter M. Thompson.
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Thomas Gomez
(Coach Abe Saperstein)
Dorothy Dandridge
(Ann Carpenter)
Angela Clarke
(Sylvia Saperman)
Angela Clarke
(Sylvia Saperstein)
William Walker
(Prof. Turner)
Bernie Hamilton
(Higgins)
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