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'''''Go, Man, Go!''''' is a 1954 American [[sports film]] directed by [[James Wong Howe]], starring [[Dane Clark]], [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Ruby Dee]], [[Patricia Breslin]], The [[Harlem Globetrotters]] and [[Slim Gaillard]]. Clark plays [[Abe Saperstein]], the organizer of the Globetrotters. Poitier's character is Inman Jackson, the team's showboating [[Center (basketball)|center]]. Breslin plays Sylvia Saperstein, the love interest, and Abe's daughter. Gaillard plays himself.
The film tracks the Globetrotters from humble beginnings through a triumph over a major-league basketball team, as they struggle to overcome racial discrimination. Actual Harlem Globetrotter players portray the team in basketball action throughout the picture.<ref>{{cite news |first= Bosley |last= Crowther | authorlink = Bosley Crowther |title= THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Harlem Globetrotters Perform in a Sports Romance, 'Go, Man, Go!' at the Globe |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E2DE1738E23BBC4852DFB566838F649EDE |work= [[New York Times]] |date=March 10, 1954 |access-date=2008-05-04 }}</ref> The friendship between Saperstein and Jackson, and their wives, is an important storyline.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:93354|title= Go, Man, Go!|access-date=2008-05-04 |last= Brennan|first= Sandra |publisher=[[Allmovie]]}}</ref>
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