Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Richard A. Colla[1] and based on Leroy's autobiography, Don't Look Back : Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball.[2] It stars Louis Gossett Jr. and Beverly Todd.[3]
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | |
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Genre | Biography Drama Sport |
Based on | Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (autobiography "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever") |
Written by | Ronald Rubin |
Directed by | Richard A. Colla |
Starring | Louis Gossett Jr. |
Music by | Jack Elliott |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Danny Arnold Jordan Davis |
Producers | Jimmy Hawkins Stanley Rubin |
Cinematography | Héctor R. Figueroa |
Editors | Bud S. Isaacs LaReine Johnston |
Running time | 98 mins. |
Production companies | Satie Productions Ltd. TBA Productions Inc. Triseme Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | May 31, 1981 |
Cast
edit- Louis Gossett Jr. as Leroy 'Satchel' Page
- Beverly Todd as Lahoma Brown
- Cleavon Little as Rabbit
- Ernie Barnes as Josh Gibson
- Clifton Davis as Cool Papa Bell
- Bubba Phillips as Coach Hardy
- John Beradino as Jake Wells
- Hal Williams as Roberts
- Jim Davis as Mr. Wilkenson
- Ossie Davis as Chuffy Russell
- Taylor Lacher as Announcer
- Tonea Stewart as Mama Paige (as Tommie Stewart)
- J.R. Horne as Mr. Andrews
- Donnie Walker as Sugar Boy Porter
- Don Blakely as Bartender
- Candy Ann Brown as Ramona
- Gloria Gifford as Darlene
See also
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edit- ^ "Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Ribowsky, Mark (2000). Don't Look Back : Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306809637.
- ^ "Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981) - Richard A. Colla, George C. Scott | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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