Drama ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1981 · 1h 36m

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

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Director
Richard A. Colla
Cast
Louis Gossett Jr. as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige Beverly Todd as Lahoma Brown Paige Cleavon Little as Rabbit Thompson Ernie Barnes as Josh Gibson Clifton Davis as Cool Papa Bell Hal Williams as Carl Roberts
Crew
Héctor R. Figueroa — Director of Photography LaReine Johnston — Editor Bud S. Isaacs — Editor Jimmy Hawkins — Producer Stanley Rubin — Producer Harald Johnson — Costume Design
Synopsis

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Richard A. Colla Director Héctor R. Figueroa Director of Photography LaReine Johnston Editor Bud S. Isaacs Editor Jimmy Hawkins Producer Stanley Rubin Producer Harald Johnson Costume Design Kathleen Brodbeck Costume Design
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