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Director: Tom Gries Monte Hellman
Cast: Muhammad Ali Ernest Borgnine Arthur Adams David Clennon Pat Patterson James Gammon
Genre: Biography Drama Sport
Premiere: May 19, 1977
Running time: 101 min
Country: United Kingdom USA

The Greatest is a 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The film consists largely of archival footage of Ali's boxing matches used in the screenplay.

The film is based on the book The Greatest: My Own Story written by Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham and edited by Toni Morrison.

The song "The Greatest Love of All" was written for this film by Michael Masser (music) and Linda Creed (lyrics), and sung by George Benson; it was later covered and made a Billboard Hot 100 #1 single by Whitney Houston.

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The Greatest is a movie (1977) from United Kingdom and USA. Genre: biography, drama, sport. Directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. Starring Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, Arthur Adams, David Clennon and Pat Patterson. Running time: 101 min.

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