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Director:
Writers:
Russell Birdwell (biography)
Frank Davis (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
24 August 1951 (USA) more
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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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A story of triumph and courage that accurately depicts the life of Jim Thorpe. more (14 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Man of Bronze (UK)
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Runtime:
107 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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:
Charlotte Thorpe: [to Jim's father] You're his father. You taught him all the things he likes to do. Now teach him what he has to do! more
Soundtrack:
Yankee Doodle more

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A story of triumph and courage that accurately depicts the life of Jim Thorpe., 3 November 1998
Author: Steve Richmond from Brea, Ca. USA

Burt Lancaster and Charles Bickford give convincing portrayals as Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner respectively. It is too bad that Indians could not have played many of the characters but then this was 1951. Thorpe himself was an advisor bringing credibility to the film related to its accuracy.

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