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Overview
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Writers:
Robert Buckner (screenplay)
Mrs. Knute Rockne (private papers)
Release Date:
5 October 1940 (USA) more
Plot:
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(4 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
(From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
ESPN Films Exhumation of "The Gipper's" Remains
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 October 2007)
User Comments:
Greatest Football movie ever... more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Pat O'Brien | ... | Knute Rockne |
| Gale Page | ... | Bonnie Skiles Rockne |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | George Gipp |
| Donald Crisp | ... | Father John Callahan, C.S.C |
| Albert Bassermann | ... | Father Julius Nieuwland (as Albert Basserman) |
| John Litel | ... | Committee Chairman |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Doctor |
| Owen Davis Jr. | ... | Gus Dorais |
| John Qualen | ... | Lars Knutson Rockne |
| Dorothy Tree | ... | Martha Rockne |
| Johnny Sheffield | ... | Knute, Age 7 (as John Sheffield) |
| Moreau Choir of Notre Dame | ... | Themselves |
| Nick Lukats | ... | Four Horseman |
| Kane Richmond | ... | Four Horseman |
| William Marshall | ... | Four Horseman |
Additional Details
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A Modern Hero (UK)
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Runtime:
98 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Canada:G (video rating) | Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #6204)
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The movie's line "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." was voted as the #89 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100). more
Quotes:
Knute Rockne: We haven't got any use for gamblers around here. You've done your best to ruin baseball, and horse racing, and this is one game that's clean and is gonna stay clean. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 'Movie Quotes' (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Happy Land more
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The true life story of perhaps the greatest football coach the game has ever known. Knute Rockne led the game of football out of the "stone age" with innovations such as the forward pass and offensive formation shifts. But he is probably best known for his motivational locker room speeches. Along the way, he brought fame and glory to a tiny, little, unknown Catholic school in Indiana. Pat O'Brien is incomparable in his role as Rockne. Terrific cast that includes Ronald Reagan who gives a great performance as Notre Dame's first, true superstar, George Gipp.
For Football aficionados, this is the greatest football movie ever made. Do yourself a favor and rent the black and white version. (Some versions have deleted scenes for some reason) If you got the good version, look for a brief cameo by the immortal Jim Thorpe as he sticks his head in the locker room telling Rockne and the team they only have a few minutes left before the 2nd half begins.