The Great White Hope (film) Quotes

The Great White Hope (film) is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . The Great White Hope ended in 1970.

It features Lawrence Turman as producer, Lionel Newman in charge of musical score, and Burnett Guffey as head of cinematography.

The Great White Hope (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Great White Hope (film) is 103 minutes long. The Great White Hope (film) is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson, Lou Gilbert as Goldie, Chester Morris as Pop Weaver, Jane Alexander as Eleanor Backman, and Robert Webber as Dixon.

The Great White Hope (film) Quotes

James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson

• (James Earl Jones) "I'm big, but I ain't dumb, hear?"

Chester Morris as Pop Weaver

• (Chester Morris) "Makes you feel kind of old, doesn't it? Seeing Brady refereeing."
• (Cap'n Dan) "Ah, who the hell cares? He's the man who lost that belt, Pop, and this whole rotten world's gonna watch him at the finish now, lifting it right up high and passing it on, like the Kid'll pass it on, and the next one'll pass it on. This time, we'll keep it in the family."

Robert Webber as Dixon

• (Robert Webber) "Well, when a man beats us out like this, we, of course, look foolish, but more important, so does the law. People lose respect for law, and that we just cannot afford right now. You may not be aware of it yet, but a very large, very black migration is in progress. They're coming from the fields down South, filling up the slums. And I am talking about hundreds of thousands, maybe millions soon. Millions of ignorant Negroes rapidly massing together. Now, we cannot allow the image of this man to go on impressing and exciting these people."

Lou Gilbert as Goldie

• (Lou Gilbert) "Good. So it's fixed Cap'n Dan."
• (Cap'n Dan) "The man's in a hurry, Fred"
• (Chester Morris) "What about terms?"
• (Lou Gilbert) "What? We're no babies here. You know my Jackie would fight your boy for a nickel."
• (Chester Morris) "80-20, Goldie."
• (Lou Gilbert) "What? A world's championship?"
• (Fred) "80-20, that's it."
• (Lou Gilbert) "God bless America."
• (Chester Morris) "And Cap'n Dan to be the referee."
• (Lou Gilbert) "You're kidding me."
• (Cap'n Dan) "Who'd you have in mind, friend? Booker T. Washington?"
• (Lou Gilbert) "All right, all right. What else? He don't have to fight with his feet tied together?"

Jane Alexander as Eleanor Backman

• (Jane Alexander) "You have to stop it, Jack."
• (James Earl Jones) "All I got to do is to be black and die, lady."

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