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Overview
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Russell Birdwell (biography)
Frank Davis (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
24 August 1951 (USA) more
Plot:
The triumph and tragedy of Native Anerican Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality. full summary | add synopsis
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Superb Movie, a Lancaster feat, sad ending although. more (14 total)
Cast
(Complete credited 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 |
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Also Known As:
Man of Bronze (UK)
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107 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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At the Carlisle Indian School, when we first see Jim at the blackboard, he is erasing a formula: I = E/R. This is Ohm's law (1827), in which, in an electrical circuit, you can determine I (current, in amps), E (voltage, in volts), or R (resistance, in ohms) by knowing two of the three values. more
Quotes:
Jim Thorpe:
Which one of you is Lacey?
Ed Lacey, Sportswriter Punched by Thorpe:
I'm Lacey.
Jim Thorpe:
Well I'm Thorpe!
[punches Lacey]
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Referenced in "The Golden Girls: Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas (#5.12)" (1989) more
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Hail to the Chief more
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This was a great film, and was Lancaster at his best, he seemed so strong in this roll, winning almost everything he took part in had to be a sight to see, Thorpe was a good American, and
should never had his medals taken away, but that was life in those days. I know that he must have been really low at that time and disgusted with all of sports, I would have like to have seen him play but that was way before my time. The ending was sad, but it kind of left you wondering what he did do after sports.