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The Monday Film: One in a Million

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring LeVar Burton

This real-life drama chronicles the incredible rise of a young black hoodlum from the horrors of the Detroit ghetto to national stardom. While serving a long prison sentence for armed robbery, Ron Le Flore discovers that he has a real talent for baseball and fights for that one in a million chance of fame.
LeVar Burton, who played Kunfa Kinte in Roots, stars as the poor teenager determined to escape from a life with no future.

(First showing on British television)
Films: page 15

Contributors

Screenplay:
Stanford Whitmore
Producer:
William S. Gilmore
Director:
William A. Graham
Ron LeFlore:
Levar Burton
Georgia LeFlore:
Madge Sinclair
John LeFlore:
Paul Benjamin
Jimmy Karalla:
James Luisi
Billy Martin:
null Himself
Pee Wee Parker:
Zakes Mokae
Gerald LeFlore:
Larry B Scott
Board Chairman:
Tony Mockus
LeRoy:
Yaumilton Brown
Antoine:
Walter King
Umpire:
Jimmy Spinks
James Butsicaris:
null Himself
Ralph Houk:
John R. McKee
Mickey Stanley:
Matt Stephens
Source: Radio Times

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