The Jesse Owens Story
– The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood pl..
Release Date:
09 Jul 1984
Language:
English
Director:
Richard Irving
Writer:
Harold Gast
Main Actors:
Dorian Harewood, Dan Ammerman, Bob Banks, Tom Bosley
Plot:
The life story of Jesse Owens is told in this film. He was a young African-American who would become one of the greatest modern Olympian athletes when he proved Hitler's boast about the "Aryan athletic superiority" wrong by winning four gold medals, setting world records and becoming the star of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Awards:
Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.
Production:
Paramount Television
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