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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened(1977)

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

October 26, 1977

1h 40m

en

Director: Gilbert Moses

Writers: Peter S. Beagle, Donald Robertson

Cast

Jimmie Walker

Morris Bird III

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Morris Bird, Jr.

Debbie Allen

Julie Sutton

Tamu Blackwell

Sandra Bird

Valerie Curtin

Miss Goldfarb

Kevin Hooks

Hoover Sissle

Sorrell Booke

Samuelson

Darrell Zwerling

Darrell Zwerling

Dr. Brimson

Sam Laws

Horton

Harry Caesar

Bonner

S. Pearl Sharp

Aunt Edythe

William Traylor

William Traylor

Coach

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