Ring of Passion

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.

Cast

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

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