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The Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American two-part, four-hour [1] made-for-television [2] biographical film about the black athlete [3] Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood [4] plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more. [5]
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Jul 9, 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story: Directed by Richard Irving. With Dorian Harewood, Georg Stanford Brown, Debbi Morgan, Barry Corbin. This is the compelling story of Jesse Owens, a man who overcame racial barriers to become one of history's greatest Olympic athletes by disproving Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan athletic superiority through his success in ...
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- Richard Irving
- 1984-07-09
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The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
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In the 1960s, Jesse Owens (Dorian Harewood) is accused of tax evasion. So court-appointed investigator Lew Gilbert (Georg Stanford Brown) takes a look into Owens' back story.
- Drama, Biography