Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)

Name: Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1981-05-31
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little, Ernie Barnes, Clifton Davis

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.

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Released 1981-05-31 · 96 min · Drama

Directed by Richard A. Colla

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr. as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
Beverly Todd as Lahoma Brown Paige
Cleavon Little as Rabbit Thompson
Ernie Barnes as Josh Gibson
Clifton Davis as Cool Papa Bell
Hal Williams as Carl Roberts
Taylor Lacher as Announcer
John Beradino as Jake Wells
Jim Davis as Mr. Wilkenson
Ossie Davis as Chuffy Russell
Tonea Stewart as Mama Paige
J.R. Horne as Mr. Andrews
Donnie Walker as Sugar Boy
Don Blakely as Bartender
Candy Ann Brown as Ramona