Directed by:
Larry PeerceScreenplay:
Dennis Lynton ClarkCinematography:
Don BurgessComposer:
Stanley ClarkeCast:
Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw, Paul Dooley, Kasi Lemmons, J.A. Preston, Dale Dye, Steven Williams, Noble Willingham, Bruce Dern, Glenn Morshower, Ken Swofford, Gary Grubbs, Jim Beaver (more)Plots(1)
The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson concentrates on the wartime service of major league baseball's first black player. Robinson (Andre Braugher), a star athlete at UCLA, is drafted during World War II. He hopes that his academic record will assure him entry into Officers Candidate School, but the racism inherent in the military at the time puts several roadblocks in his way. After finally making OCS, Robinson's belief in himself is strengthened tenfold--to the point that he refuses to bow to the "Jim Crow" laws regarding the seating arrangements on an Army bus, and is subsequently threatened with a court martial. Stan Shaw costars as boxing great Joe Louis, likewise a victim of prejudice during the war years (the script intimates that Louis was more willing to roll with the punches than Robinson). (official distributor synopsis)
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