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Jim Thorpe - All-American (1951) - (Movie Clip) Fulfilling That Promise

Charles Bickford as coach "Pop" Warner continues narration from a testimonial dinner flashback, first appearance of Burt Lancaster as the grown-up title character, meeting his predecessor as B-M-O-C (Steve Cochran), in Jim Thorpe -- All-American, 1951.

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