The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story

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(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Harve Bennett (executive producer) Harold Gast (producer) Arnold Turner (associate producer)
Cinematography	Charles Correll
Editor(s)	Richard Bracken Robert F. Shugrue
Running time	174 min.
Production company(s)	Harve Bennett Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	Operation Prime Time
Release
Original network	Operation Prime Time
Original release	July 9, 1984

The Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.

Cast

Operation Prime Time

Series	Entertainment Tonight (1981) Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1984) Solid Gold (1980) Star Search (1983)

Movies/mini-series	Son of the Captains and the Kings (1976) Testimony of Two Men (1977) The Bastard (May 1978) Evening in Byzantium (July 1978) The Immigrants (November 1978) The Rebels (May 1979) The Seekers (1979) Jack Frost (1979) Top of the Hill (1980) Condominium (1980) The Dream Merchants (1980) The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980) Tourist (1980) Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980) Yogi's First Christmas (1980) Goliath Awaits (1981) A Woman Called Golda (1982) Sadat (1983) Blood Feud (1983) The Jesse Owens Story (1984) A Woman of Substance (1985) The Key to Rebecca (1985) Jenny's War (1985) Hold the Dream (1986)

Key affiliates	KCOP-TV (Los Angeles) KSTW (Tacoma) KTVU (Oakland) WPIX (New York) WGN-TV (Chicago)

Distributors	Columbia Pictures Television (list of series) Hanna-Barbera Productions (list of works) Paramount Domestic Television (list of series) Universal Television (list of shows)

Miscellaneous	Bristol-Myers Broadcast syndication Fourth television network General Foods Al Masini

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