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