Jim Thorpe -- All-American

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Approved
August 24, 1951    1h 45mDrama, Biography,
6.958%6.3
True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. After his medals are stripped on a technicality and his dream of coaching is shattered, Thorpe's life begins to unravel. His marriage to his college sweetheart ends, and he is a forgotten figure, except by Glenn 'Pop' Warner, his coach at Carlisle College.
  • Burt LancasterJim Thorpe
  • Charles BickfordGlenn S. 'Pop' Warner
  • Steve CochranPeter Allendine
  • Phyllis ThaxterMargaret Miller
  • Dick WessonEd Guyac
  • Jack Big HeadLittle Boy Who Walk Like Bear (as Jack Bighead)
  • Sonny ChorreWally Denny (as Suni Warcloud)
  • Al MejiaLouis Tewanema
  • Hubie KernsTom Ashenbrunner
  • Nestor Paiva
  • Eula Morgan
  • Jimmy OggBellboy (uncredited)
  • Michael CurtizDirector
  • Russell BirdwellNovel
  • Jim ThorpeNovel
  • Douglas MorrowScreenplay
  • Everett FreemanScreenplay / Producer
  • William WallaceSet Decoration
  • Edward CarrereArt Direction
  • Ernest HallerDirector Of Photography

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