The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson

• Director: Larry Peerce
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Sports Drama, Courtroom Drama
• Themes: Baseball Players, Courts Martial, Social Injustice
• Main Cast: Andre Braugher, Stan Shaw
• Release Year: 1990
• Country: US
• Run Time: 94 minutes

Plot

Made for the TNT cable network, The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson concentrates on the wartime service of major league baseball's first black player. Robinson (Andre Braugher), a star athlete at UCLA, is drafted during World War II. He hopes that his academic record will assure him entry into Officers Candidate School, but the racism inherent in the military at the time puts several roadblocks in his way. After finally making OCS, Robinson's belief in himself is strengthened tenfold--to the point that he refuses to bow to the "Jim Crow" laws regarding the seating arrangements on an Army bus, and is subsequently threatened with a court martial. Stan Shaw costars as boxing great Joe Louis, likewise a victim of prejudice during the war years (the script intimates that Louis was more willing to roll with the punches than Robinson). Ruby Dee, who played the ballplayer's wife in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story, is here seen as Robinson's mother. The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson premiered on October 15, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jim Beaver - Major Trimble; Andre Braugher - Jackie Robinson; Donald Craig - President of the Court; Russell Curry - Mack at 21; Ruby Dee; Bruce Dern - Scout Ed Higgins; Robert DoQui - Top Sergeant; Paul Dooley; Howard French - Sergeant McEllroy; Michael Greene; Gary Grubbs; Lenny Hicks - Soldier #2; Don Hood - Major Foley; Billy Kane - Third Young Officer; Ken Kerman - Asch; Chris Kinkade - Corporal Dwight; Kasi Lemmons - Rachel; Glenn Morshower - Captain Spencer; Peter Parros - Gordon Jones; J.A. Preston - Wendell Smith; Aaron Seville - Young Soldier; Stan Shaw - Joe Louis; Lance Slaughter - Soldier #3; Dale Swann - Doctor Smith; Ken Swofford; Travis Swords - Prosecutor; Steven Williams; Noble Willingham; Hank Woessner - First Sergeant; Dale Dye; Michael Flynn - Oficer on Duty; Daniel Stern - William Cline; Nancy Cheryl Davis - Loretta Jones

Credit

Larry Peerce - Director, Eric Sears - Editor, Bob Wyman - Editor, Don Burgess - Cinematographer

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