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1951 Drama 1h 47m

Jim Thorpe – All-American

"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.

6.3 TMDB RATING
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Principal 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)

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