Legendary coach Knute Rockne (Pat O'Brien) revolutionizes college football with strategies that establish Notre Dame's team as a powerhouse in this classic sports biopic. But beyond leading the team to victory, Rockne considers it his responsibility to mold the players into honorable adults. Ronald Reagan co-stars as George Gipp, and utters one of his most famous quotes when he makes a deathbed request to "win just one for the Gipper."
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Robert Buckner
Starring
Pat O'Brien (Knute K. Rockne); Gale Page (Bonnie Skiles Rockne); Ronald Reagan (George 'The Gipper' Gipp); Donald Crisp (Father John Callahan); Albert Bassermann (Father Julius Nieuwland (as Albert Basserman)); Owen Davis Jr. (Charles 'Gus' Dorais); Nick Lukats (Harry Stuhldreher, One of the Four Horsemen); Kane Richmond (Elmer Layden, One of the Four Horsemen); William Marshall (Don Miller, One of the Four Horsemen); William Byrne (James 'Jim' Crowley, One of the Four Horsemen); John Litel (Committee Chairman); Henry O'Neill (Doctor); John Qualen (Lars Knutson Rockne); Dorothy Tree (Martha Rockne); Johnny Sheffield (Knute, Age 7 (as John Sheffield)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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