Grambling's White Tiger

• Director: Georg Stanford Brown
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Docudrama, Sports Drama
• Themes: Race Relations, Football Players
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: US
• Run Time: 98 minutes

Plot

Produced by Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner, Grambling's White Tiger stars Jenner as real-life quarterback Jim Gregory. The film recounts Gregory's efforts to become the first white player on Grambling College's all-black football team. Harry Belafonte made his TV-movie debut as legendary Grambling coach Eddie Robinson. The script was adapted from My Little Brother is Coming Tomorrow, a book by Bruce Behrenberg. Filmed on location in Louisiana, Grambling's White Tiger originally aired October 4, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Harry Belafonte; LeVar Burton; Dennis Haysbert; Bruce Jenner; Byron Stewart; Ray Vitte; Deborah Pratt

Credit

Fred R. Price - Art Director, Georg Stanford Brown - Director, David Rosenbloom - Editor, Max Keller - Executive Producer, George Wallach - Executive Producer, John D'Andrea - Composer (Music Score), Michael Lloyd - Composer (Music Score), Joseph Wilcots - Cinematographer, Micheline Keller - Producer, Bert Gold - Producer, William Attaway - Screenwriter, Lou Potter - Screenwriter, Zev Cohen - Screenwriter, Bruce Bahrenburg - Book Author, Bruce Behrenberg - Book Author

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