The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
With Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Harry Shannon, Pat Flaherty, Dick Lane, Roy Glenn
Directed by Alfred Edward Green
The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s") and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with bigotry abuse as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. The film is in part based on Robinson's own autobiography, My Own Story. The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States.
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