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Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951) — Ligoscope

Film · 1951

Jim Thorpe – All-American

Name: Jim Thorpe – All-American
Director: Michael Curtiz
Genre: Drama
Released: 1951-08-24

107 min · Directed by Michael Curtiz

Drama

6.519
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He wore America's heart over his!

The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Jim Thorpe

Charles Bickford

Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner

Steve Cochran

Peter Allendine

Phyllis Thaxter

Margaret Miller

Dick Wesson

Ed Guyac

Jack Big Head

Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear (as Jack Bighead)

Sonny Chorre

Wally Denny (as Suni Warcloud)

Al Mejia

Louis Tewanema

Hubie Kerns

Tom Ashenbrunner

Nestor Paiva

Eula Morgan

Jimmy Ogg

Bellboy (uncredited)

Crew

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Everett Freeman
Writer: Russell Birdwell, Jim Thorpe, Everett Freeman, Vincent X. Flaherty, Douglas Morrow
Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Cinematography: Ernest Haller
Art Direction: Bertram Tuttle, Edward Carrere
Composer: Max Steiner
Sound: Oliver S. Garretson
Makeup: Gordon Bau

Details

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: August 24, 1951

Themes

sportsamerican footballindian tribeolympic athletecollege athleteathlete

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