Pelle di rame (1951)
Jim Thorpe è un ragazzo indiano che frequenta con scarso profitto un college della Pennsylvania, ma il suo insegnante di educazione fisica scopre in lui straordinarie doti di atleta. Jim vince le Olimpiadi di Stoccolma del 1912, si sposa, ma la morte del suo unico figlio lo fa sprofondare nell'alcolismo. Grazie al suo antico "coach", diventa allenatore dei ragazzi della sua parrocchia.
Direttore:
Michael Curtiz
Scrittori:
Douglas Morrow, Everett Freeman.
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Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe |
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Charles Bickford as Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner |
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Steve Cochran as Peter Allendine |
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Phyllis Thaxter as Margaret Miller |
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Dick Wesson as Ed Guyac |
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Jack Big Head as Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear (as Jack Bighead) |
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Sonny Chorre as Wally Denny (as Suni Warcloud) |
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Al Mejia as Louis Tewanema |
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Hubie Kerns as Tom Ashenbrunner |
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Nestor Paiva as |
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Eula Morgan as |
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Jimmy Ogg as Bellboy (uncredited) |
| Directing | Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Jim Thorpe | Technical Advisor |
| Writing | Jim Thorpe | Novel |
| Writing | Russell Birdwell | Novel |
| Sound | Murray Cutter | Orchestrator |
| Art | William Wallace | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Douglas Morrow | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vincent X. Flaherty | Story |
| Writing | Everett Freeman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Douglas Morrow | Story |
| Directing | David Curtiz | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Edward Carrere | Art Direction |
| Camera | Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Production | Everett Freeman | Producer |
| Writing | Frank Davis | Dialogue |
| Art | Bertram Tuttle | Supervising Art Director |
| Editing | Folmar Blangsted | Editor |