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The Greatest is a 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The film consists largely of ...
The Greatest: Directed by Tom Gries, Monte Hellman. With Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Lloyd Haynes. Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
- 1977-08
Boxer Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) trains with Angelo Dundee (Ernest Borgnine), becomes heavyweight champion and converts to Islam.
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- Tom Gries
- PG
- Biography
Winning a three-and-a-half-year long court battle, Ali returns to the ring for what may have been some of the greatest fights of all time. The incredible career of perhaps the greatest boxer of...
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- Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
- 102 min
- 16
Ring Lardner, Jr. Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.
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