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Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
69 min | Documentary, Sport

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Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)

69 min | Documentary, Sport

Imagine working your entire life for one single goal, to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Along the way, you become the world's best wrestler. And then, due to circumstances playing out on a global stage, your dream is suddenly snatched from you...See moreImagine working your entire life for one single goal, to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Along the way, you become the world's best wrestler. And then, due to circumstances playing out on a global stage, your dream is suddenly snatched from you...changing your life forever. This penetrating documentary explores the rise of one of the countries greatest Olympic athletes of all time, wrestling legend Lee Kemp. The film chronicles Lee's enthralling journey from birth with a serious physical handicap to his legs, to escaping the dangerous streets of Cleveland immediately following the Hough Riots (1966) when Lee was uprooted to an all-white neighborhood. Faced with a new war of racial adversity, he discovered his calling and solace on the wrestling mat, where he could take control and find victory over the demons staring him in the face. Rising meteorically through the collegiate and international wrestling ranks, he never wavered from his ultimate goal of Olympic gold - until it was stripped away from him. On January 23rd, 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced America's boycott of the Olympic Summer Games in Moscow, stunning a nation and leaving one wrestling legend staring into the abyss of a match he could not win. Written by Tommy Reid See less

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39 cast members

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Jerry Ashford Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
William Baldwin Narrated by Narrated by See fewer	Backdraft (1991)
Dave Bennett Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
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Dan Chandler Self Self See fewer	The Sophomore from Washington (2022)
Keeneth Chavers Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Daniel Cormier Self Self See fewer	Road House (2024)
Donald Davis Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Marge Davis Actor Actor See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Richard Depenbrok Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Tony Digiovanni Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Stan Dziedzic Self Self See fewer	Foxcatcher (2014)
Bob Echols Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Dave Evans Self Self See fewer	30 for 30 (2009)
Urijah Faber Self Self See fewer	Rampage (2018)
Curtis Farrar Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Barbara Freeman Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Dan Gable Self Self See fewer	The Last Champion (2020)
Bob Goehrke Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
John Grantham Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Pete Hall Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Russ Hellickson Self Self See fewer	Pinned (2009)
Mitch Hull Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Timmy Ivy Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Betsy Kelley Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Adam Kemp Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Jordan Kemp Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Lee Kemp Self Self See fewer	Foxcatcher (2014)
Mercedes Kemp Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Duane Kleven Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Dan Malise Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Jerry Metcalf Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Vincent Miller Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Kenny Monday Self Self See fewer	Team Foxcatcher (2016)
Dale Parenteau Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Mike Terry Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Pam Terry Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)
Nancy Schultz Vitangeli Self (as Nancy Shultz) Self (as Nancy Shultz) See fewer	Team Foxcatcher (2016)
Chuck Yagla Self Self See fewer	Wrestled Away: The Lee Kemp Story (2019)