Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
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.
- Date of release
- 1951-08-24
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
Casting
- 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)
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