Jim Thorpe from CCHS

released 1951 by Warner Bros., black and white, mono sound, 107 mins.

Jim Thorpe came from the Carlisle Indian School to enter the 5th Olympiad in Stockhom Sweden, 1912, won pentathalon and decathalon, but was stripped of his medals when it was discovered he had played professional baseball.

Production:

• Directed by Michael Curtiz
  
• Written by Everett Freeman and Douglas Morrow
  
• Produced by Everett Freeman
  
• Original music by Max Steiner
  
• Cinematography by Ernest Haller
  
• Film Editing by Folmar Blangsted
  
• Art Direction Edward Carrere
  
• Set Decoration William Wallace
  
• Costume Design by Milo Anderson
  

Cast:

• Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe
  
• Charles Bickford as Glenn S. "Pop" Warner
  
• Steve Cochran as Peter Allendine
  
• Phyllis Thaxter as Margaret Miller
  
• Dick Wesson as Ed Guyac
  
• Jack Big Head as Little Boy
  
• Suni Warcloud as Wally Denny
  
• Al Mejia as Louis Tewanema
  
• Hubie Kerns as Tom Ashenbrunner
  

Links:

• Football Hall of Fame
• Olympic Hall of Fame
• Jim Thorpefrom Carlisle
• Jim Thorpe from cmg
• Running Brave 1983 film based on life of Billy Mills