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

James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson

Jane Alexander
Eleanor

Lou Gilbert
Goldie

Joel Fluellen
Tick

Chester Morris
Pop Weaver

Robert Webber
Dixon

Marlene Warfield
Clara

Hal Holbrook
Cameron

Beah Richards
Mama Tiny

Moses Gunn
Scipio

Larry Pennell
Brady

Marcel Dalio
French Promoter

Manuel Padilla Jr.
Paco

Scatman Crothers
Carnival Barker (uncredited)

R.G. Armstrong
Captain Dan

Rodolfo Acosta
El Jefe
Ernest Anderson
Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)
Crew

Martin Ritt
Director

Howard Sackler
Screenplay, Theatre Play
William Reynolds
Editor
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography

Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director
Tim Zinnemann
Assistant Director

Lawrence Turman
Producer

John DeCuir
Production Design

Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Paul Stanhope Jr.
Makeup Artist
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Marvin Weldon
Script Supervisor

Donald McKayle
Choreographer
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction



















