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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Oct 26, 1977 · 1h 40m
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Drama
TV Movie

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Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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CAST

Jimmie Walker
Morris Bird III
James Earl Jones
Morris Bird, Jr.
Debbie Allen
Julie Sutton
Tamu Blackwell
Sandra Bird
Valerie Curtin
Miss Goldfarb
Kevin Hooks
Hoover Sissle
Sorrell Booke
Samuelson
Darrell Zwerling
Dr. Brimson
Directed by Gilbert Moses

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Country
US
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