09 Apr 1949
Champion
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
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.
Top Billed 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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