Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeDrama, TV Movie
Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr. — Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
- Beverly Todd — Lahoma Brown Paige
- Cleavon Little — Rabbit Thompson
- Ernie Barnes — Josh Gibson
- Clifton Davis — Cool Papa Bell
- Hal Williams — Carl Roberts
- Taylor Lacher — Announcer
- John Beradino — Jake Wells
- Jim Davis — Mr. Wilkenson
- Ossie Davis — Chuffy Russell
- Tonea Stewart — Mama Paige
- J.R. Horne — Mr. Andrews
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