Jim Thorpe--All-American (1951)

  
Format:  Jim Thorpe--All-American DVD 
 
 
Superb biographical drama of the Native American super-athlete who won both the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Burt Lancaster delivers a fine performance as Thorpe, who battled alcoholism, fought prejudice and saw his medals taken away from him when the Olympic Committee discovered he played semi-pro sports. Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter co-star. 105 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; bonus shorts "So You Want To Be A Paper Hanger" (1951), "Hare We Go" (1951); theatrical trailers.
 
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