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.
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)
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Jim Thorpe
Technical Advisor
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator
Russell Birdwell
Novel
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Ellsworth Fredericks
Camera Operator
Jim Thorpe
Novel
Gordon Bau
Makeup Artist
William Wallace
Set Decoration
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Everett Freeman
Screenplay
Vincent X. Flaherty
Story
Douglas Morrow
Story
Douglas Morrow
Screenplay
David Curtiz
Second Unit Director
Bertram Tuttle
Supervising Art Director
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Edward Carrere
Art Direction
Frank Davis
Dialogue
Everett Freeman
Producer
Folmar Blangsted
Editor