Jim Thorpe -- All-American
1951, Film, 107 min, Biography, Drama, Family, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
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.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe
- Charles Bickford as Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner
- Steve Cochran as Peter Allendine
- Phyllis Thaxter as Margaret Miller
- Dick Wesson as Ed Guyac
- Jack Big Head as Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear
- Sonny Chorre as Wally Denny
- Al Mejia as Louis Tewanema
- Hubie Kerns as Tom Ashenbrunner
- George Barrows as Football Player
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