Het verhaal volgt de innovatieve manager van een honkbalteam Branch Rickey. Als kaderlid van de Major League Baseball organisatie veroorzaakte hij een grote controverse bij die organisatie, door de Afro-Amerikaanse Jackie Robinson aan te stellen bij de Brooklyn Dodgers. Niet alleen was dit de eerste stap naar een legendarische carrière, maar ook werd Robinsons aanwezigheid in de prestigieuze MLB competitie als een doorbraak gezien in de honkbalwereld zelf.
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| Production | Dick Cook | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jason Clark | Executive Producer |
| Production | Thomas Tull | Producer |
| Production | Jon Jashni | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Brian Helgeland | Director |
| Writing | Brian Helgeland | Screenplay |
| Editing | Peter McNulty | Editor |
| Crew | Jake Rice | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Don Burgess | Director of Photography |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Art | Richard Hoover | Production Design |
| Editing | Kevin Stitt | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Caroline Harris | Costume Design |
| Art | Cindy Carr | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Sound mixer |
| Production | Darryl Pryor | Co-Producer |
| Camera | D. Stevens | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Dawn Gilliam | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Jon Johnson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Bob Shelley | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad Wilder | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | John Finklea | Music Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Milano | Music Editor |
| Sound | Margaret Yen | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Bonnie Grisan | Casting Associate |
| Camera | Matthew Moriarty | Camera Operator |
| Production | Jillian Share | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Matthew Moriarty | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Eric Heffron | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Peter Afterman | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Yann Delpuech | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Shaughnessy Hare | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelvin R. Trahan | Hair Department Head |
| Art | Kelly Richardson | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Yann Delpuech | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Corso | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Kris Cole | Assistant Editor |
| Art | J.P. Jones | Property Master |
| Art | Aaron Haye | Supervising Art Director |
| Sound | Darren King | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Dennis Bradford | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kim Drummond | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Sharon Davis | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Donald Dowd | Production Consultant |
| Camera | Michael Burgess | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michael Burgess | Second Unit Director of Photography |
