Dorian Harewood, Georg Stanford Brown, Debbi Morgan, Barry Corbin, Kai Wulff, Tom Bosley, Levar Burton, Ronny Cox, Norman Fell, Greg Morris, James B. Sikking, Vic Tayback, Ben Vereen, George Kennedy. Originally produced as a motion picture by Paramount Television and telecast as a mini-series in July 1984. "Quality presents"--Container.
Summary:
Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Spanning over forty years, this docudrama traces his life from his days as a sharecropper's son through his record-breaking college years, marriage to his high school sweetheart, Olympic victories, and struggle to survive in a country he loved deeply.
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