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The White Shadow

Can a straight shooter cut it with this bunch of rough, razor-sharp kids from the street?

DramaFamily
1978
3 Seasons
54 Episodes
EN
Ended
TV-14

About

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

#sports#high school#basketball#los angeles, california

Cast

Ken Howard

Ken Howard

as Ken Reeves

Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

as Morris Thorpe

BS

Byron Stewart

as Warren Coolidge

Tim Van Patten

Tim Van Patten

as Mario 'Salami' Pettrino

Stoney Jackson

Stoney Jackson

as Jesse B. Mitchell

Ed Bernard

Ed Bernard

as Jim Willis

Erik Kilpatrick

Erik Kilpatrick

as Curtis Jackson

Nathan Cook

Nathan Cook

as Milton Reese

IA

Ira Angustain

as Ricky Gomez

Ken Michelman

Ken Michelman

as Abner Goldstein

Joan Pringle

Joan Pringle

as Sybil Buchanan

Jason Bernard

Jason Bernard

as Jim Willis

Wolfe Perry

Wolfe Perry

as Teddy Rutherford

Episodes

Season 1

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E1

(pilot)

Nov 27, 19781h 0m

Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A., drops by to offer him a job as basketball coach. Reeves is reluctant, but agrees. Among the challenges he faces with the school and the team include a female vice principal who doesn't like him and a player, James Hayward, who has a lot of potential, but also is fatherless and may have to drop out of school to go to work and take care of his mom and little brother.

E2

Here's Mud in Your Eye

Dec 4, 19781h 0m

Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

E3

The Offer

Dec 11, 19781h 0m
E4

Bonus Baby

Dec 25, 19781h 0m
E5

Pregnant Pause

Jan 1, 19791h 0m

College scouts are impressed with Reese and believe he has a good shot at a scholarship. However, Reese's plans are put on hold when his girlfriend, a Carver cheerleader, tells him she's pregnant. Coach Reeves and the team discover her attending cheerleader practices and believe she may be lying about the pregnancy to trap Reese into marrying her.

E6

Wanna Bet?

Jan 8, 19791h 0m
E7

That Old Gang of Mine

Jan 15, 19791h 0m

after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

E8

Just One of the Boys

Jan 27, 19791h 0m

Reeves deals with a new player, Raymond Collins, who was forced to transfer from his old school because of rumors about his being gay.

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