The Jackie Robinson Story
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The Jackie Robinson Story

Duration:
76 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Sport
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Alfred E. Green
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Ruby Dee
Rae Robinson
Minor Watson
Branch Rickey
Louise Beavers
Jackie's Mother
Richard Lane
Clay Hopper
Harry Shannon
Frank Shaughnessy
Ben Lessy
Shorty
William 'Bill' Spaulding
Bill Spaulding (as Bill Spaulding)
Billy Wayne
Clyde Sukeforth
Joel Fluellen
Mack Robinson
Kenny Washington
Tigers Manager
Pat Flaherty
Karpen
Larry McGrath
Umpire
Emmett Smith
Catcher
Howard Louis MacNeely
Jackie as a Boy
George Dockstader
Bill
Marvelle Andre
Pete's Wife (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Baseball Broadcaster (uncredited)
Sam Balter
Baseball Announcer in Booth (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
Roommate of Rae (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Sports Board Clerk (uncredited)
Laurence Criner
Minister (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
UCLA Scout (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
Roy Glenn
Mr. Gaines - Attorney (uncredited)
Joe Gray
(uncredited)
Phyllis Kennedy
Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Kirk
Tony
Ralph Montgomery
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Brooklyn Fan in Stands (uncredited)
Ben Welden
Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
Dick Williams
Jersey City Pitcher / Second Baseman (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Certificate No.14466.
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The first, last, and only feature film appearance of Jackie Robinson. Robinson made several television appearances through the years, mostly in broadcast baseball games and talk shows, but this was his one and only feature film, and really the only time he was called on to "act."
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Roy Glenn seen here in the uncredited role of Mr. Gaines, the Florida attorney, was very well known for a later role in a pivotal movie about race, the classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).
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Goofs
Late 1940's cars can clearly be seen in the 1928 scenes.
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The Negro League team Jackie Robinson actually played for was the Kansas City Monarchs (who so dominated African-American baseball they were often called the "Black Yankees"),not the fictitious "Black Panthers."
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Quotes
Branch Rickey, President Brooklyn Dodgers: A box score - you know a box score is really democratic, Jackie. It doesn't say how big you are or how your father voted in the last election or what church you attend. It just tells you what kind of a ballplayer you were that day.
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Branch Rickey, President Brooklyn Dodgers: We're tackling something big here, Jackie. If we fail, no one will try it again for twenty years. But if we succeed...
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Photos from cast
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