The Jackie Robinson Story

The Jackie Robinson Story
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Directed byAlfred E. Green
Written byArthur Mann
Lawrence Taylor
Produced byMort Briskin
William J Heineman (United Artists)
StarringJackie Robinson
Ruby Dee
Minor Watson
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
Edited byArthur H. Nadel
Music byHerschel Burke Gilbert
Production
company
Jewel Pictures
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films
Release date
  • May 16, 1950 (1950-05-16) (United States)[1]
Running time
77 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$336,000[3]
Ruby Dee and Joel Fluellen (center)

The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s")[4] and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. The film is in part based on Robinson's own autobiography, My Own Story.[5] The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States.[6]

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  3. ^ "'Robinson' Due to Pay off backers". Variety.
  4. ^ Corliss, Richard (February 4, 2008). "The Jackie Robinson Story". Top 25 Important Movies On Race. Time. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. ^ Ralph Carhart. "Not an Easy Tale to Tell: Jackie Robinson on Stage and Screen". Jackie Robinson: Perspectives on 42. Society for American Baseball Research.
  6. ^ Harris, Aisha (11 April 2013). "When Jackie Robinson Played Himself". Slate. Retrieved 10 March 2018.