Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.

Bernie Casey
as Joe Louis

Stephen Macht
as Max Schmeling

Allen Garfield
as Damon Runyon

Norman Alden
as Max Machon

Joseph Campanella
as Paul Gallico

Britt Ekland
as Amy Ondra Schmeling

Julius Harris
as Chappie Jackson

Mordecai Lawner
as Joe Jacobs

Denise Nicholas
as Marva Trotter Louis

Beah Richards
as Lilly Brooks