THE GREATEST (BILINGUAL)

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• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The incredible career of perhaps the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali, is dramatized in this exciting film starring Ali himself. Fresh from his gold medal victory at the Olympic Games, 18-year-old Cassius Clay is ready to seek the heavyweight championship. Under the masterful guidance of trainer Angelo Dundee (Ernest Borgnine). Clay snatches the title from Sonny Liston. Soon afterward, Clay converts to the Islam religion and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. When he is suddenly classified 1A by the Draft Board that earlier rejected him, Ali refuses the draft on religious grounds. His hard-won title is taken from him. Winning a three-and-a-half year long court battle. Ali returns to the ring for what have been some of the greatest fights of all time.
• Cast: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, Sally Bondi, Richard Gullage, Arthur Adams, Dorothy Meyer, Rahaman Ali, Howard Bingham, Richard Venture, Stack Pierce, W. Youngblood Muhammad, Ven Medina, Paul Mantee, Skip Homeier, Lloyd Wells, George Garro, David Clennon, George Cooper, Ernie Wheelwright, Pat Patterson, James Gammon, Gene Kilroy, Toni Crabtree, Sally Gries, Elizabeth Marshall, Don Dunphy, Fernand A. Larrieu Jr., Nai Bonet, Harold Conrad, Alberto Martín, Ray Holland, Lucille Benson, Drew Bundini Brown, Annazette Chase, Robert Duvall, Lloyd Haynes, David Huddleston, Vic Hunter, Ben Johnson, James Earl Jones, John Marley, Chip McAllister, Jack McDermott, Dina Merrill, Roger E. Mosley, Todd Rosen, Malachi Throne, Mira Waters, Teddy Wilson, Paul Winfield, Joe Bugner, Roy Firestone, George Foreman, Levi Forte, Bob Gordon, Archie Moore, Kirby Sanders, Tracy 'Chubby' Steele, Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
• Director: Tom Gries
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, EMI
• Media Format: movie