Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Drama
TV Movie
Some Fights Are Bigger Than The Ring
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
2013-10-04
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Cast
Director
Stephen Frears
Christopher Plummer as John Marshall Harlan
Frank Langella as Chief Justice Warren Burger
Ed Begley Jr. as Justice Harry Blackmun
Peter Gerety as William Brennan
Barry Levinson as Justice Potter Stewart
John Bedford Lloyd as Byron 'Whizzer' White
Fritz Weaver as Hugo Black
Harris Yulin as William O. Douglas
Danny Glover as Justice Thurgood Marshall
Benjamin Walker as Kevin Kennedy
Pablo Schreiber as Covert Becker
Dana Ivey as Mrs. Paige
Kathleen Chalfant as Ethel Harlan
Lisa Joyce as Donna Connolly
Peter McRobbie as Erwin Griswold
Damian Young as Ramsey Clark
Chuck Cooper as Chauncey Eskridge
Victor Slezak as Marshal of the Court
Charlie Hewson as Burger's Clerk
Justin Swain as Burger's Second Clerk
Nate Dern as Blackmun's Second Clerk
James Francis Ginty as Brennan's Clerk
Christopher McLinden as Black's Second Clerk
Keith Nobbs as Douglas's Clerk
Drew Gehling as Marshall's Clerk
Greg Connolly as Doctor
Jon Gabrus as Stoned Clerk
Steven Hauck as Maitre D'
Pamela Stewart as Librarian
Kerry Malloy as Vietnam Vet
Lizan Mitchell as Housekeeper
Bob Balaban as Lawyer (uncredited)
Muhammad Ali as Himself (archive footage)