Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 5/31/1981
Runtime: 98 min
Top Cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
Beverly Todd
Lahoma Brown Paige
Cleavon Little
Rabbit Thompson
Clifton Davis
Cool Papa Bell
Hal Williams
Carl Roberts
Taylor Lacher
Announcer
Jim Davis
Mr. Wilkenson
Ossie Davis
Chuffy Russell
Tonea Stewart
Mama Paige
J.R. Horne
Mr. Andrews
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