Knute Rockne, All American

Pat O’Brien delivers a powerful performance as the famed Notre Dame football coach in this moving biography. Featuring a stellar performance by Ronald Reagan as ”the Gipper.

Lars Rockne and his family, including his four year old son Knute, emigrate to Chicago in 1892 from their native Norway. By his his mid-twenties Knute saves enough to attend obscure Notre Dame University, where he excels in football and chemistry. He and a teammate develop the forward pass as an offensive weapon while working as life guards on summer break and use it to upset heavily favored Army in a historic game. After graduation Rockne becomes a teacher while coaching part time but ultimately abandons academics to devote all his energies to football. During his tenure as head coach at the school, he develops such outstanding players as George Gipp, who dies prematurely from a strep infection, and the Four Horseman while introducing many innovative tactics including the backfield shift. Rockne, known for his staccato motivational speeches, devotes his life to maintaining the integrity of the sport he loves and promoting it as an integral component in the development of the American character. -- IMDb Plot: Knute Rockne, All American (1940)

1940

NR

027616055538

Based on a True Story

Movie

78

6.7

2018-02-07 21:42:39

1.37:1

Yes

98

United States

1940-10-05

~$13.98

2026-02-15

2018-02-07 21:42:39