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December 16, 2011 | By Ohio Wesleyan University

Harrison Ford to Portray Branch Rickey

Harrison Ford. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

MLB.com: Actor Harrison Ford to Portray OWU Alumnus Branch Rickey in New Film

“Legendary Pictures announced Friday that it has cast Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey [OWU Class of 1904] and Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in an upcoming film about the ballplayer-turned-civil rights icon. Brian Helgeland, the author of ‘L.A. Confidential’ and ‘Mystic River,’ has been tabbed to write and direct the story.”

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