Don King: Only in America (1997)
1997 film directed by John Herzfeld
- Released
- 15 November 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- John Herzfeld
- Screenplay
- Kario Salem
- Producer
- Thomas Carter
- Music
- Anthony Marinelli
- Starring
- Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven, Darius McCrary, Keith David, Gabriel Casseus, Loretta Devine, Brent Jennings
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Distributor
- Netflix
Don King: Only in America is a 1997 American television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem (based on the book Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack Newfield). The film stars actor Ving Rhames as Don King and tells the story of King becoming a famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Cast
- Ving Rhames
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Jeremy Piven
- Darius McCrary
- Keith David
- Gabriel Casseus
- Loretta Devine
- Brent Jennings
- Lahmard Tate
- Danny Johnson
- Bernie Mac
- Donzaleigh Abernathy
- Lou Rawls
- Teddy Atlas
- Jarrod Bunch
- Ron Leibman
- Don Elbaum
- Sarah Scott Davis
- Michael Gilio
- Ken Lerner
- Simon Templeman
- Jennifer Griffin
- Brad Garrett
- Fofo Lukata
- Kurt Andon
- Ntare Mwine
- Loni Kaye Harkless
- David Kirkwood
- Robby Robinson
- Tanisher Sornson
- James R. Black
- Bob Tonne
- K.J. Penthouse
- Jim A. Douglass
- Michael Bowen
- Michael Blanks
- Israel Cole
- Cliff Couser
- Everton Davis
- King Ikpitan
- Kevin Grevioux
- Carlos Monroe
- Denorvell 'Dee' Collier
- Alan Woolf
- Cara DeLizia
- Amanda Fuller
- Jennifer Crystal Foley
- Robert Fraade
- Leilani Marie
- Adetoro Makinde
- Robert Lee Minor
- Big Daddy Wayne
- Marco Verdier
- Jack Newfield
- Felice Perry
- Gwen McGee
- Keana Hall
- Josh Dempsey
- Pat Connolly
- Kurek Ashley
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q3713553 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.