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The stirring life story of the American Indian who overcame personal and professional struggles to become one of the nation's greatest athletes.
Jul 30, 2014 · Based on the biography by James Thorpe and Russell Birdwell. Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster stars as the legendary athlete who rises from poverty on a Native American reservation to...
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- World of Warner Bros.
Coach "Pop" Warner (Charles Bickford) continuing his narration, about the time his restless track star Burt Lancaster (title character) hustled his way into ...
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- Turner Classic Movies
Jim Thorpe -- All-American: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Michael Curtiz
- 1951-08-24
The famous Native American athlete (Burt Lancaster) fights prejudice in his pursuit of sports stardom in. , 1951, from the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall Of Fame with inductee and actor Ed Marinaro and TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz. TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces.
- Michael Curtiz
- Burt Lancaster
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. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes
- 107 min
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Jim Thorpe – All-American (UK title: Man of Bronze) is a 1951 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Burt Lancaster as 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.
