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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) — Ligoscope

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Film · 1977

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

100 min · Directed by Gilbert Moses

7.0

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

Cast

Jimmie Walker

Jimmie Walker

Morris Bird III

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Morris Bird, Jr.

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Julie Sutton

Tamu Blackwell

Tamu Blackwell

Sandra Bird

Valerie Curtin

Valerie Curtin

Miss Goldfarb

Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

Hoover Sissle

Sorrell Booke

Sorrell Booke

Samuelson

Darrell Zwerling

Darrell Zwerling

Dr. Brimson

Sam Laws

Horton

Harry Caesar

Harry Caesar

Bonner

S. Pearl Sharp

S. Pearl Sharp

Aunt Edythe

William Traylor

William Traylor

Coach

Crew

Director: Gilbert Moses
Writer: Peter S. Beagle, Donald Robertson

Details

Release: October 26, 1977

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