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The Great White Hope

He could beat any white man in the world. He just couldn't beat all of them.

6.3(37)19701h 43m2

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • sports
  • based on play or musical
  • boxing

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Behind the camera

Director

Martin Ritt

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1311 Oct 1970

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The Great White Hope was released on 11 October 1970.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/5/2025

    7/10

    Well you can’t fault James Earl Jones for tackling just about every issue on the books in this drama about a heavyweight boxer. “Jefferson” is the champion of the world and is making short shrift of his opponents. Needless to say, this is narking many of his (mainly white) brethren so when he and his fiancée “Eleanor” (Jane Alexander) fall foul of rules banning mixed couples from inter-state travel they capitalise on…

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