Robert Redford Playing Famed Dodgers Exec Branch Rickey in Brian Helgeland’s Jackie Robinson Film
Posted on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Robert Redford is already in the baseball hall of fame for playing the lead in The Natural, which is a benchmark in baseball on film. That was a piece of fiction, but now Mr. Redford is poised to play one of the most important real figures in the history of the game: Branch Rickey, who broke the color barrier in baseball by hiring Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Read More »
