The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
Release Date: 1984-07-09
Drama
History
TV Movie
(4 votes)

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Dorian Harewood
as Jesse Owens
Tom Bosley
as Jimmy Hoffa
Georg Stanford Brown
as Lew Gilbert
LeVar Burton
as Professor Preston
Ronny Cox
as Coach Larry Snyder
Norman Fell
as Marty Forkins
George Kennedy
as Charles 'Charley' Riley
Vic Tayback
as Abe Saperstein
Barry Corbin
as Judge
Chris Douridas
as Jerome

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