Storyline
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 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)
