Jim Thorpe – All-American
Aug 24 1951
•2h 47m
•Drama
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
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Burt Lancaster
Jim Thorpe
Charles Bickford
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner
Steve Cochran
Peter Allendine
Phyllis Thaxter
Margaret Miller
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