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The Jesse Owens Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Irving released in USA on 9 july 1984 with Dorian Harewood
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
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Add to a movie listThe Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
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This script must be run from the command lineActors
Dorian Harewood
(Jesse Owens)
Tom Bosley
(Jimmy Hoffa)
Georg Stanford Brown
(Lew Gilbert)
LeVar Burton
(Professor Preston)
Barry Corbin
(Judge)
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