Knute Rockne, All American (1940) Review

Knute Rockne, All American (1940)

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My Review

Pat O’Brien’s post as top billing in “Knute Rockne, All American” was eclipsed by newcomer Ronald Reagan in a secondary role as George Gipp, one of Coach Rockne’s young football players who came down with a terminal illness. “Tell them to go out there with all they’ve got and win just one for the Gipper” was a movie line that followed Reagan all the way to the White House.

Director Lloyd Bacon (“Racket Busters” 1938) was stead at the helm of this serious-minded sports biopic, from a lucid screenplay by Robert Buckner. Co-stars along with Pat O’Brien and Ronald Reagan includes Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Basserman, John Litel, John Qualen, and famous real-life football coaches Gene “Pop” Warner and Bill Spaulding as themselves. “Knute Rockne, All American” was a success in theaters for producer Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. Pictures.

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