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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

1977·100 min

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Directed by Gilbert Moses

DramaTV Movie

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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Morris Bird III

James Earl Jones

Morris Bird, Jr.

Julie Sutton

Sandra Bird

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Peter S. Beagle

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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) is about just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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Gilbert Moses directed The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977).

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