

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.
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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
Eula Morgan
Jimmy Ogg
Bellboy (uncredited)
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