The Jesse Owens Story (1984)

"Based on the inspiring true story"Movie

Audience Score

85

The Jesse Owens Story

G 2 hr 54 minJul 9th, 1984Drama, History, TV Movie

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic goldwinning athlete The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more

StarringDorian HarewoodDan AmmermanTom Bosley

DirectorRichard Irving

WriterHarold Gast

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Cast & Crew

Dorian Harewood

as Coach Robertson

Georg Stanford Brown

as Professor Preston

as Coach Larry Snyder

C

Charles Correll

Director of Photography

J

John E. Chilberg II

Production Design

T

Tom Pedigo

Set Decoration

R

Robert F. Shugrue

Editor

Original Music Composer

R

Richard Bracken

Editor

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 9th, 1984

On DVD & Blu-ray:March 22nd, 2005 - Buy DVD

Original Language:English

Movie Tags:racism

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