| The Jesse Owens Story | |
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| Genre | Biography Drama History |
| Written by | Harold Gast |
| Directed by | Richard Irving |
| Starring | Dorian Harewood Dan Ammerman Bob Banks Tom Bosley Georg Stanford Brown LeVar Burton |
| Theme music composer | Michel Legrand |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Harve Bennett |
| Producer | Harold Gast |
| Production locations | Columbus, Ohio Dallas, Texas |
| Cinematography | Charles Correll |
| Editors | Richard Bracken Robert F. Shugrue |
| Running time | 174 min. |
| Production companies | Harve Bennett Productions Paramount Television Domestic Distribution |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | July 9 – July 10, 1984 |
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The Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American two-part, four-hour[1] made-for-television[2] biographical film about the black athlete[3] Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood[4] plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.[5] It originally premiered in syndication[6] on July 9 and 10, 1984 as part of Operation Prime Time's syndicated programming.[7]
- ^ Hill, Michael E. (July 8, 1984). "DORIAN HAREWOOD/'THE JESSE OWENS STORY': A TRACK STAR'S RACE". The Washington Post.
- ^ Marill, Alvin H. (30 December 2008). Sports on Television. p. 56. ISBN 9780313351068.
- ^ Kafka, Alexander (July 18, 1984). "'Nadia': Possible Dream". The Washington Post.
- ^ Gross, Terry (July 6, 1984). "Telling Jesse Owens' Story". Fresh Air Archive.
- ^ "The Jesse Owens Story". Television Academy. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Unger, Arthur (July 9, 1984). "'The Jesse Owens Story': TV tells of a black star in a white world". The Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ Farber, Stephen (June 26, 1984). "THE MAKING OF 'JESSE OWENS'". The New York Times.