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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.
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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.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Richard A. Colla
- 1981-05-31
Jul 21, 2014 · “Don’t look back,” said legendary baseball pitcher Satchel Paige “Something might be gaining on you.” “Don’t look back,” said legendary baseball pitcher Satc...
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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
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.
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- Warner Archive Collection
- $14.99
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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 ...
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DMCA Policy. Build 29f8b8b (7849) The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, 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.