
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
Release Date: 1981-05-31
Drama
TV Movie
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Casts

Louis Gossett Jr.
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

Beverly Todd
as Lahoma Brown Paige

Cleavon Little
as Rabbit Thompson

Clifton Davis
as Cool Papa Bell

Hal Williams
as Carl Roberts

Taylor Lacher
as Announcer

John Beradino
as Jake Wells

Jim Davis
as Mr. Wilkenson

Ossie Davis
as Chuffy Russell

Tonea Stewart
as Mama Paige