DramaTV Movie
Watch The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) Official Trailer
7 / 10 IMDb October 26, 1977 1h 40m
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
Director
Runtime
1h 40m
Release Date
October 26, 1977
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Cast
Jimmie Walker
as Morris Bird III
James Earl Jones
as Morris Bird, Jr.
Debbie Allen
as Julie Sutton
Tamu Blackwell
as Sandra Bird
Valerie Curtin
as Miss Goldfarb
Kevin Hooks
as Hoover Sissle
Sorrell Booke
as Samuelson
Darrell Zwerling
as Dr. Brimson
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Sam Laws
as Horton
Harry Caesar
as Bonner
S. Pearl Sharp
as Aunt Edythe
William Traylor
as Coach
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