42 (film)

• Chadwick Boseman: Jackie Robinson
• Harrison Ford: Branch Rickey
• Andre Holland: Wendell Smith
• Christopher Meloni: Leo Durocher
• John C. McGinley: Red Barber
• Lucas Black: Pee Wee Reese
• Alan Tudyk: Ben Chapman
• Nicole Beharie: Rachel Robinson Isum
• C. J. Nitkowski: Dutch Leonard
• Brett Cullen: Clay Hopper
• Ryan Merriman: Dixie Walker
• T. R. Knight: Harold Parrott
• Hamish Linklater: Ralph Branca
• Jesse hatches: Eddie Stanky
• Max Gail: Burt Shotton

42 - The true story of a sports legend. ( Original title: 42) is an American sports film directed by Brian Helgeland from the year 2013, he is a film biography of the baseball player Jackie Robinson, whose jersey number was 42.

Action

The film is based on the biographical figure of Jackie Robinson, who succeeded in 1947 as the first African- Americans made ​​it into the top American professional baseball league (MLB) and Branch Rickey, president and manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The event focuses on the years 1946 and 1947.

Publication

The film premiered on April 15, 2013, the date on which Robinson for the Dodgers made ​​its debut in the United States premiere. In Germany the film was launched on August 8, 2013 in theaters.