Per salire più in basso (1970)
Ambientato tra il 1910 e il 1915, il film racconta le vicende del campione afroamericano Jack Jefferson, che consegue una serie di vittorie sul ring sconfiggendo avversari bianchi uno dopo l’altro. Presto la stampa e i razzisti caldeggiano la ricerca di una "grande speranza bianca", un pugile che possa sottrarre a Jefferson il titolo dei pesi massimi. Nel frattempo l’uomo ha iniziato una relazione con una donna bianca separata, Eleanor. Le autorità cospirano per incastrare Jack per il reato di rapporti sessuali illegali e metterlo così fuori gioco.
Direttore:
Martin Ritt
Scrittore:
Howard Sackler
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James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson |
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Jane Alexander as Eleanor |
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Lou Gilbert as Goldie |
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Joel Fluellen as Tick |
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Chester Morris as Pop Weaver |
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Robert Webber as Dixon |
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Marlene Warfield as Clara |
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Hal Holbrook as Cameron |
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Beah Richards as Mama Tiny |
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Moses Gunn as Scipio |
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Larry Pennell as Brady |
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Marcel Dalio as French Promoter |
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Manuel Padilla Jr. as Paco |
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Scatman Crothers as Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
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R.G. Armstrong as Captain Dan |
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Rodolfo Acosta as El Jefe |
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Ernest Anderson as Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited) |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Writing | Howard Sackler | Screenplay |
| Production | Lawrence Turman | Producer |
| Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Art | John DeCuir | Production Design |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene Sharaff | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Abbott | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edwin Butterworth | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Stanhope Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jerry Ziesmer | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Donald McKayle | Choreographer |
| Directing | Marvin Weldon | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Tim Zinnemann | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Howard Sackler | Theatre Play |
