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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)

1h 38m | PG-13

⭐ 6 / 10

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.

Director: Richard A. Colla

Studio: TBA Productions

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

Beverly Todd

Beverly Todd

as Lahoma Brown Paige

Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

as Rabbit Thompson

Ernie Barnes

Ernie Barnes

as Josh Gibson

Clifton Davis

Clifton Davis

as Cool Papa Bell

Hal Williams

Hal Williams

as Carl Roberts