Go Man Go

The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

Cast

Dane Clark

as Abe Saperstein

Patricia Breslin

as Sylvia Franklin Saperstein

Sidney Poitier

as Inman Jackson

Ruby Dee

as Irma Jackson

Celia Brodkin

as Mama Saperstein

Anatol Winogradoff

as Papa Saperstein

Carol Sinclair

as Fay Saperstein

Slim Gaillard

as Self

Bill Stern

as Self

Mort Marshall

as Master of Ceremonies

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