Goldie and the Boxer

*Goldie and the Boxer*
Goldie and the Boxer
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ethel Brez; Mel Brez; David Debin; Douglas Schwartz
Directed by	David Miller
Starring	O.J. Simpson; Melissa Michaelsen
Music by	Jimmie Haskell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	O. J. Simpson
Producers	Dan Mark; Audrey A. Blasdel; Hugh Benson
Cinematography	Isidore Mankofsky
Editor	J. Terry Williams
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	Orenthal Productions; Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	December 30, 1979;

Goldie and the Boxer is a made-for-television film starring O. J. Simpson. The production was broadcast on the NBC television network on December 30, 1979.

While being panned by critics, it was a solid ratings hit and led to a sequel, Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981).^[1]

Plot

Joe Gallagher is a down-on-his luck boxer whose life and career undergo a change when an orphaned, little girl named Goldie is left in his care.

^ Bogle, Donald (1988). Blacks in American Films and Television. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. p. 323. ISBN 0-8240-8715-1.

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