The Greatest (1977)

Directors

Monte Hellman, Tom Gries

Cast

Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Lloyd Haynes

The story

The story of Cassius Clay, who became heavyweight champion as Muhammad Ali. Tracing his rise from his Olympic gold medal as a light-heavyweight at Rome in 1960, his conversion to Islam, his refusal to serve in the Vietnam war, to his return to the ring. The film concludes with him regaining the title by knocking out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle".

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