Movie
1984-04-18
60 min
Teacher discovers that the star basketball player is illiterate, and makes it his mission to teach him how to read.
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Clarence Williams III
Mr. Simpson
Lynn Hamilton
Mrs. Ellis
Eric D. Wallace
Freddie Ellis
James Carroll Jordan
Mike Chapman
Arthur Taxier
Coach Jefferies
Renée Jones
Cynthia Beale
Ira Angustain
Ramone
Stan Foster
Calvin Smith
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Michael Dorn
Dr. Bennett
Cindy Herron
Betty
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