The Great White Hope

Drama

6.2/10

103 min

Release Date: 1970-10-11

Overview - A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

Production Companies

Lawrence Turman Productions20th Century Fox

Overview - A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

User Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/10

Well you can’t fault James Earl Jones for tackling just about every issue on the books in this drama about a heavyweight boxer. “Jefferson” is the champion of the world and is making short shrift of his opponents. Needless to say, this is narking many of his (mainly white) brethren so when he and his fiancée “Eleanor” (Jane Alexander) fall foul of rules banning mixed couples from inter-state trave...

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