The Greatest (1977 film)
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Language English | 5.7/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Sport Duration Country United StatesUnited Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 19, 1977 Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast Muhammad Ali (Himself), (Angelo Dundee), (Dr. Ferdie Pacheco), (Herbert Muhammad), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Fairlie), Sally Bondi (Bess)Similar movies Southpaw , The Wolf of Wall Street , Rocky , Pulp Fiction , Unbroken , The Boy Next Door Tagline The story you only think you knew. |
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The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The footage of the boxing matches themselves are largely the actual footage from the time involved.
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- Muhammad ali trailer the greatest 1977
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The movie is based on the book The Greatest: My Own Story written by Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham and edited by Toni Morrison.

The song "The Greatest Love of All" was written for this film and sung by George Benson; it was later covered by Whitney Houston.

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Cast


Rahman Ali, Howard Bingham, Harold Conrad, Don Dunphy, Lloyd Wells, Pat Patterson, and Gene Kilroy appear as themselves.

There are many uncredited roles in the film including some major characters, such as Ruby Sanderson and his girlfriend, Belinda Board, who became his wife, and Herbert Mohammed, son of Elijah Muhammad, who was Ali's manager at one point.
Lonette McKee was originally going to portray the role played by Annazette Chase.
Soundtrack
All music composed and produced by Michael Masser, and arranged by Masser and Lee Holdridge.
References
The Greatest (1977 film) WikipediaThe Greatest (1977 film) IMDbThe Greatest (1977 film) themoviedb.org