The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 American biographical film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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")[4] and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots 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.[5]
The Jackie Robinson Story | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
Written by | Arthur Mann Lawrence Taylor |
Produced by | Mort Briskin William J Heineman (United Artists) |
Starring | Jackie Robinson Ruby Dee Minor Watson |
Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
Edited by | Arthur H. Nadel |
Music by | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
Production company | Jewel Pictures |
Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $336,000[3] |
The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States.[6] However a new copyrighted "restored and in color" version was released in conjunction with the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 2008.