Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Some Fights Are Bigger Than The Ring

Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.

Christopher Plummer

(John Marshall Harlan)

Frank Langella

(Chief Justice Warren Burger)

Ed Begley Jr.

(Justice Harry Blackmun)

Peter Gerety

(William Brennan)

Barry Levinson

(Justice Potter Stewart)

John Bedford Lloyd

(Byron 'Whizzer' White)

Fritz Weaver

Harris Yulin

(William O. Douglas)

Danny Glover

(Justice Thurgood Marshall)

Benjamin Walker

(Kevin Kennedy)

Pablo Schreiber

(Covert Becker)

Ben Steinfeld

(Sam Edelstein)

Dana Ivey

Kathleen Chalfant

Lisa Joyce

(Donna Connolly)

Peter McRobbie

(Erwin Griswold)

Damian Young

Chuck Cooper

(Chauncey Eskridge)

Victor Slezak

(Marshal of the Court)

Allie Woods Jr.

(Petrus, Burger's Valet)

Charlie Hewson

(Burger's Clerk)

Justin Swain

(Burger's Second Clerk)

Max Spitulnik

(Blackmun's Clerk)

Nate Dern

(Blackmun's Second Clerk)

James Francis Ginty

(Brennan's Clerk)

Will Cart

(White's Clerk)

Matt Stadelmann

(Black's Clerk)

Christopher McLinden

(Black's Second Clerk)

Keith Nobbs

(Douglas's Clerk)

Drew Gehling

(Marshall's Clerk)

Rachel Claire

(Edelstein's Wife)

Alex Dreier

(Edelstein's Son)

Greg Connolly

Amy Tribbey

Jon Gabrus

Steven Hauck

Pamela Stewart

Kerry Malloy

Ed Jewett

Lizan Mitchell

Mary Mulligan

(Court Officer)

Cameron Taylor

(Black's Secretary)

John Thomas Waite

Bob Balaban

(Lawyer (uncredited))

Muhammad Ali

(Himself (archive footage))

Caroline Christl Long

(Court Librarian)

Andy Volin