Jim Thorpe %E2%80%93 All American

Jim Thorpe AllAmerican is a 1951 biographical film produced by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz, honoring Jim Thorpe, the great Native American athlete who won medals at the 1912 Olympics and distinguished himself in various sports, both in college and on professional teams.

During a banquet, legendary football coach Pop Warner rises and gives a speech praising Jim Thorpe. This leads to a flashback.Youngster Jim Thorpe runs all the way home before his first day at an Indian reservation school, but his father talks him into going back, telling him that he wants his son to make something of himself. Years later, a nowadult Jim arrives on the campus of Carlisle School to continue his education. He likes his roommates at the boarding school well enough, fasttalking Ed Guyac and the huge Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear, but nearly gets into a fight with upperclassman and football star Peter Allendine. ........

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