Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981•1h 36m•6.6•Released
DramaTV Movie
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.
Director
Richard A. Colla
Languages
English
Studio
TBA Productions
Cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
Beverly Todd
Lahoma Brown Paige
Cleavon Little
Rabbit Thompson
Ernie Barnes
Josh Gibson
Clifton Davis
Cool Papa Bell
Hal Williams
Carl Roberts
Taylor Lacher
Announcer
John Beradino
Jake Wells
Jim Davis
Mr. Wilkenson
Ossie Davis
Chuffy Russell
Tonea Stewart
Mama Paige
J.R. Horne
Mr. Andrews
Donnie Walker
Sugar Boy
Don Blakely
Bartender
Candy Ann Brown
Ramona
Production
Company
TBA Productions
Company
Satie Productions Ltd.
Producer
Jimmy Hawkins
Producer
Stanley Rubin
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