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

Release Date: 31 May 1981

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Director: TBA Productions, Satie Productions Ltd., TRISEME

Production Companies: TBA Productions, Satie Productions Ltd., TRISEME

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6 (4 votes)

Cast

  • Leroy 'Satchel' Paige: Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Lahoma Brown Paige: Beverly Todd
  • Rabbit Thompson: Cleavon Little
  • Josh Gibson: Ernie Barnes
  • Cool Papa Bell: Clifton Davis
  • Carl Roberts: Hal Williams
  • Announcer: Taylor Lacher
  • Jake Wells: John Beradino
  • Mr. Wilkenson: Jim Davis
  • Chuffy Russell: Ossie Davis
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