The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope
Caucasian boxer who could win the heavyweight title
  

In the 1970s, George Chuvallo was The Great White Hope.


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  • The Great White Hope — Infobox Play name = The Great White Hope caption = Book cover of the play writer = Howard Sackler characters = Jack Jefferson Eleanor Backman Goldie Tick Pop Weaver Dixon Clara Cap n Dan Al Cameron Mama Tiny Scipio setting = Late 1930s to mid… …   Wikipedia

  • The Great White Hope — L Insurgé (film) Pour les articles homonymes, voir L Insurgé. L Insurgé (titre original : The Great White Hope) est un film américain réalisé par Martin Ritt, sorti en 1970. Sommaire 1 Synopsis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Great White Hope (film) — Infobox Film name = The Great White Hope caption = Original film poster director = Martin Ritt producer = Lawrence Turman writer = Howard Sackler starring = James Earl Jones Jane Alexander music = Lionel Newman cinematography = Burnett Guffey… …   Wikipedia

  • The Great Wife Hope — Episodio de Los Simpson Episodio n.º Temporada 21 Episodio 444 Código de producción LABF16 Guionista(s) Carolyn Omine Director Matthew Faughnan Estrellas invitadas …   Wikipedia Español

  • Great White Hope — may refer to:* The Great White Hope , a 1967 play by Howard Sackler * The Great White Hope (film) , a 1967 motion picture adapted from the play;Persons * James J. Jeffries (1875 1953), American boxer * Allan Lamb (b. 1954), South African born… …   Wikipedia

  • great white hope — noun someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry s waste management policy • Syn: ↑white hope • Hypernyms: ↑hope * * * great white hope [great white hope …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Great White Hype — Infobox Film name=The Great White Hype caption = The movie poster for The Great White Hype . imdb id=0116448 writer=Tony Hendra Ron Shelton starring=Jeff Goldblum Samuel L. Jackson Damon Wayans Corbin Bernsen Peter Berg Jon Lovitz Salli… …   Wikipedia

  • great white hope — n (AmE) any white boxer who was thought to have a chance of beating Jack Johnson, who was the first African American heavyweight champion and not popular with many white Americans. The Great White Hope was a film (1970) based on Johnson’s life.… …   Universalium

  • Great White Hope — See The Great White Hope …   English idioms

  • The Great White Hope —    Voir L Insurgé …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

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