Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
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Kevin Bacon
Jimmy Dolan
Charles Gitonga Maina
Saleh
Yolanda Vazquez
Sister Susan
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
Nyaga
Sean McCann
Ray Fox
Dennis Patrick
Father O'Hara
Ilo Mutombo
Mifundo
Nigel Miguel
Halawi
Eric Menyuk
Mark Collins
Keith Gibbs
Buddy Wilson
Miriam Owiti
Beisa
John Matshikiza
Mingori Mining Company Clerk
Winston Ntshona
Urudu
Paul Michael Glaser
Director
Max Apple
Writer
Lance Hool
Executive Producer
Scott Kroopf
Executive Producer
Ted Field
Producer
Robert W. Cort
Producer
Rosalie Swedlin
Producer
Dick Pope
Director of Photography
David Newman
Original Music Composer
Tom McMurtry
Editor
Michael E. Polakow
Editor
Hope Hanafin
Costume Design
Brent Thomas
Production Design
Roger Hall
Production Design
