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Year:
Duration:
Sweden:102 min | USA:101 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Sport
IMDB rate:
5.6
Director:
Tom Gries
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1977-05-19
Filming Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Muhammad Ali
Casius Clay
Ernest Borgnine
Angelo Dundee
John Marley
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Lloyd Haynes
Herbert Muhammad
Malachi Throne
Payton Jory
Lucille Benson
Mrs. Fairlie
Teddy Wilson
John The Gardener (as Theodore R. Wilson)
Annazette Chase
Belinda Ali
Mira Waters
Ruby Sanderson
Chip McAllister
Cassius Clay Aged 18
Drew Bundini Brown
Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Robert Duvall
Bill McDonald
David Huddleston
Cruikshank
Ben Johnson
Hollis
James Earl Jones
Malcolm X
Dina Merrill
Velvet Green
Roger E. Mosley
Sonny Liston
Paul Winfield
Draft Lawyer
Richard Gullage
Commission Doctor
Arthur Adams
Cassius Clay Senior
Dorothy Meyer
Odessa Clay
Rahaman Ali
Rahaman Ali
Howard Bingham
Howard Bingham
Stack Pierce
Rahaman
Richard Venture
Colonel
W. Youngblood Muhammad
W. Youngblood Muhammad
Ven Medina
Ronnie (as Ben Medina)
Paul Mantee
Carrara
Skip Homeier
Major
Lloyd Wells
Lloyd Wells
George Garro
Mr. Curtis
Ernie Wheelwright
Bossman Jones
Pat Patterson
Pat Patterson
George Cooper
Lawyer
James Gammon
Mr. Harry
Gene Kilroy
Gene Kilroy
Toni Crabtree
Hooker
Sally Gries
Sponsors Wife
Elizabeth Marshall
Sponsors Wife
Don Dunphy
Commentator
Fernand A. Larrieu Jr.
Grocer
Nai Bonet
Suzie Gomez
Harold Conrad
Harold Conrad
Alberto Martín
Doctor
Ray Holland
Reporter
Ray Mann
Young Man
Sally Bondi
Bess (uncredited)
Joe Bugner
Joe Bugner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ty Copeman
White Youth (uncredited)
Roy Firestone
TV Reporter (uncredited)
George Foreman
George Foreman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Levi Forte
Gym Boxer (uncredited)
Bob Gordon
Reporter (uncredited)
Vic Hunter
Metro Di (uncredited)
Jay W. Jensen
Boxing Fan (uncredited)
Jack McDermott
Reporter (uncredited)
Archie Moore
Archie Moore (uncredited)
Todd Rosen
Reporter (uncredited)
Kirby Sanders
Reporter 'Can We Quote You' (uncredited)
Tracy 'Chubby' Steele
Boxer Hitting Heavy Bag in 5th Street Gym (uncredited)
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Trivia
Final project by director Tom Gries, who died over four months before the movie's May 1977 release.
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Part of a cycle of ring fighter movies, mostly boxing, some wrestling, initiated by the box-office and critical success of the Academy Award Best Picture winning boxing movie Rocky (1976). The films include Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Tough Enough (1983), Title Shot (1979), _Raging Bull_, The Champ (1979), Matilda (1978), The Main Event (1979), The Prize Fighter (1979), The Greatest (1977), Body and Soul (1981), Paradise Alley (1978), ...All the Marbles (1981) (aka "The California Dolls"), The One and Only (1978), Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980).
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The song "The Greatest Love of All", first introduced on the soundtrack of this movie by George Benson, went on to become an international smash hit for Whitney Houston in 1986.
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Goofs
Ali is shown fighting Joe Bugner during the montage of bouts that took place between the first Frazier fight in 1971 and the first Norton fight in 1973.However the footage is actually taken from the second fight with Bugner in 1975 instead of their first fight in 1973. Not only is this out of sequence for the montage but the second Bugner fight occurred after the Ali vs Foreman fight in 1974 which is the climax of the film.
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Photos from cast
David Clennon
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