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Don King: Only in America is a film of genre Drama directed by John Herzfeld released in USA on 15 november 1997 with Ving Rhames

Don King: Only in America (1997)

Don King: Only in America
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Released in USA 15 november 1997
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Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating69% 3.4940953.4940953.4940953.4940953.494095

Don King: Only in America is a 1997 television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem (based on the book Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack Newfield). The film stars actor Ving Rhames as Don King and tells the story of King becoming a famous fight promoter and boxing manager.

Synopsis

Un portrait cinématographique du célèbre promoteur de combat et manager de boxe.

Actors

Ving Rhames

(Don King)Vondie Curtis-Hall

(Lloyd Price)Jeremy Piven

(Hank Schwartz)Lou Rawls

(Harold Logan)Darius McCrary

(Muhammad Ali)
And :
Keith David
Bernie Mac
Brent Jennings
Gabriel Casseus
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