Synopsis
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
Movie Information
- Director
- Gilbert Moses
- Writers
- Peter S. Beagle
- Release Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, TV Movie
- Language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (0 votes)
Top Cast
Jimmie Walker
Morris Bird III
James Earl Jones
Morris Bird, Jr.
Debbie Allen
Julie Sutton
Tamu Blackwell
Sandra Bird
Valerie Curtin
Miss Goldfarb
Kevin Hooks
Hoover Sissle
Sorrell Booke
Samuelson
Darrell Zwerling
Dr. Brimson
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