Leroy `'Satchel'` Paige
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige: Directed by Richard A. Colla. With Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little, Ernie Barnes. Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, and later in the major leagues.
- (139)
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Richard A. Colla
- 1981-05-31
Network. ABC. Release. May 31, 1981. (1981-05-31) Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Richard A. Colla [1] and based on Leroy's autobiography, Don't Look Back : Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball. [2] It stars Louis Gossett Jr. and Beverly Todd.
- Biography Drama Sport
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy Satchel Paige. The baseball great (Louis Gossett Jr.) goes from 1920s barnstormer to first black pitcher in the American League. Page 1 of 3, 5 total items. The ...
- Biography
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Richard A. Colla
Jul 8, 2014 · "Don't look back," legendary baseball pitcher Satchel Paige said. "Something might be gaining on you." That's how Paige went through life. Straight ahead. No regrets. Here it is, hit it. (Hardly anyone could.) As Paige, Louis Gossett, jr. winds up and blows batters away in this biographical winner based on Paige's book Maybe I'll Pitch Forever.
- (41)
- Warner Archive Collection
- $14.99
- DVD
Synopsis. Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth, including his life in a detention school for Negroes, to his highs and lows in baseball, and in his personal life.
- Richard A. Colla
- Brad Kesten
Brief Synopsis. The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the '20s, hoping to break into organized Negro baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. Paige, who died.
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy “Satchel” Paige ★★½ 1981Drama of the legendary baseball pitcher who helped break down racial barriers, based on his autobiography. Made-for-TV fare. Gossett hits a home run in the lead, but the overall effort is a ground-rule double. 98m/C VHS .
