Release Date | 1981-05-31 |
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Runtime | 98 minutes |
Genres | Drama, TV Movie |
Stars | Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little, Ernie Barnes, Clifton Davis |
Directors | Richard A. Colla, Ronald Rubin, James Hassinger, Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, Danny Arnold |
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.