Ivan Dixon plays a down-and-out boxer named Bolie Jackson who makes one last attempt at a comeback, urged on by a young boy in his tenement building named Henry who tells him that he has to believe in wishes in order for him to win, which the boy's mother calls the big tall wish. Bolie stopped believing in magic and wishes, but Henry persists, and seems to have somehow reversed Bolie's loss in the ring to a victory, but his stubborn refusal to believe in the power may undo Henry's best efforts... Poignant episode may be pretty simple in approach, but Dixon is first-rate and presents an authentic view of that life, both in and out of the ring.
Review of The Big Tall Wish
