JIM THORPE -- ALL-AMERICAN

'''Jim Thorpe -- All-American''' is a 1951 biographical film produced by Warner Brothers and directed by Michael Curtiz, honoring Jim Thorpe, the great Native American athlete who won medals at the 1912 Olympics and distinguished himself in various sports, both in college and on professional teams.
The film starred Burt Lancaster as Thorpe and featured some archival footage of both the 1912 and 1932 Olympics, as well as other footage of the real Thorpe (seen in long shots). Charles Bickford played the famed coach Pop Warner, who was Thorpe's longtime mentor. Bickford also narrated the film, which told of Thorpe's athletic rise and fall, ending on an upbeat note when he was asked by a group of boys to coach them. Phyllis Thaxter portrayed Thorpe's first wife. Warner Brothers used a number of contract players in the film, as well as a few Native American actors.^[1]

Contents

Cast

Epilogue

External links

Footnotes

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 ... Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear (as Jack Bighead)

★ Sonny Chorre ... Wally Denny (as Suni Warcloud)

★ Al Mejia ... Louis Tewanema

★ Hubie Kerns ... Tom Ashenbrunner

Epilogue

Although Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic medals after it was discovered he had played for a professional baseball team, they were reinstated years after his death in 1953.

External links

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Footnotes

1. Turner Classic Movies