Jimmie Walker
Morris Bird III
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Oct 26, 1977 · The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened: Directed by Gilbert Moses. With Jimmie 'JJ' Walker, Debbie Allen, Tamu Blackwell, Valerie Curtin. Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
- (72)
- Drama, Sport
- Gilbert Moses
- 1977-10-26
Adapted from the novel by Don Robertson, Jimmie Walker plays a high school basketball player stricken with leukemia. Tony nominated director Gilbert Moses enlists a strong...
- 93 min
- 476.5K
- Reelblack One
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened. A 1950s teenage basketball player (Jimmie Walker) has leukemia, and a father (James Earl Jones) who never had time for him.
- Drama
- Jimmie Walker
- Gilbert Moses
Sep 1, 2009 · The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened by Don Robertson is an emotionally resonant, wonderfully evocative journey back to the early 1950s that reintroduces readers to a teenaged Morris Bird III, one of the most endearing characters in contemporary American literature.
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- Don Robertson
1977. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. In the 1950s a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia, and his winning spirit is threatened as he faces a major basketball tournament just before Christmas, while his dad's struggle to maintain his own self-respect often blinds him to his son's emotional needs. Cast & Crew
- Gilbert Moses
- David Rini
Jan 18, 2011 · A 1977 network promo for the television film "The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened", starring Jimmie Walker, James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Kevin Hooks, ...
- 21 sec
- 8.7K
- robatsea2009
Oct 26, 1977 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The seemingly lighthearted title of this made-for-TV movie obscures the film's somber overtones. Good Times star Jimmie Walker was past 30 when he starred as teenaged athlete Morris Bird III in The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened.
