One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story | |
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Also known as | Man of Passion |
Genre | Action Biography Crime |
Based on | Breakout: From Prison to the Big Leagues by Ron LeFlore |
Written by | Stanford Whitmore |
Directed by | William A. Graham |
Starring | LeVar Burton Madge Sinclair Paul Benjamin |
Music by | Peter Matz |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Tony Converse Roger Gimbel |
Producer | William S. Gilmore |
Production locations | Clinton, Iowa Detroit Chicago Toledo, Ohio |
Cinematography | Jordan Cronenweth |
Editor | Aaron Stell |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production company | EMI Films |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 26, 1978 |
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (also known as Man of Passion) is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical sports drama film telling the story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers. The film was based on LeFlore's autobiography, Breakout: From Prison to the Big Leagues.[1]