1940

1h 38m

6.1(24 votes)

Drama

Overview

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

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Cast & Crew

85 members

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Pat O’Brien

Knute Rockne

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Gale Page

Bonnie Skiles Rockne

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Ronald Reagan

George Gipp

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Donald Crisp

Father John Callahan, C.S.C

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Albert Bassermann

Father Julius Nieuwland

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John Litel

Committee Chairman

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Henry O'Neill

Doctor

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Owen Davis Jr.

Gus Dorais

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John Qualen

Lars Knutson Rockne

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Dorothy Tree

Martha Rockne

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Johnny Sheffield

Knute - Age 7

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Nick Lukats

Harry Stuhldreher - One of The Four Horsemen

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Kane Richmond

Elmer Laydon - One of The Four Horsemn

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William Marshall

Don Miller - One of The Four Horsemen

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William Byrne

James Crowley - One of The Four Horsemen

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Howard Jones

USC Coach Howard Jones

Writing

Glenn 'Pop' Warner

Coach 'Pop' Warner

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Amos Alonzo Stagg

Coach Alonzo Stagg

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William 'Bill' Spaulding

Bill Spaulding

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Erville Alderson

Kansas Farmer Witnessing Airplane Crash (uncredited)

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Rudolph Anders

Elder in Norway (uncredited)

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Peter Ashley

Football Player (uncredited)

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Evelyn Atchinson

Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

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Tommy Baker

Newsboy (uncredited)

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Jack Banta

Punter (uncredited)

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Tommy Bennett

O'Reilly (uncredited)

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Georgie Billings

Boy Quarterback (uncredited)

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Wade Boteler

Trainer (uncredited)

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Egon Brecher

Elder in Norway (uncredited)

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David Bruce

Reporter When Knute is Ill (uncredited)

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Cliff Clark

Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)

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Richard Clayton

O'Flaherty - a Student (uncredited)

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Frank Coghlan Jr.

Messenger (uncredited)

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Joe Cunningham

Reporter on Train (uncredited)

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Donald Curtis

West Point Football Player (uncredited)

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Billy Dawson

Knute Rockne Jr. - Age 12 (uncredited)

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Edgar Dearing

Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)

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Dudley Dickerson

Train Porter (uncredited)

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David Dickinson

Bill Rockne - Age 10 (uncredited)

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Lucile Fairbanks

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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James Flavin

Army Assistant Coach (uncredited)

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Bunky Fleischman

Bill Rockne - Age 5 (uncredited)

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John Gallaudet

Notre Dame Coach Harper (uncredited)

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Peter B. Good

Bill 'Billy' Rockne - Age 2 (uncredited)

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Sol Gorss

Man Wheeling Knute's Wheelchair (uncredited)

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Jack Grant Jr.

Bill Rockne - Age 14 (uncredited)

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Billy Gratton

Jackie Rockne - Age 4 (uncredited)

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Creighton Hale

Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)

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Harry Harvey Jr.

Boy (uncredited)

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Michael Harvey

Football Player (uncredited)

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Harry Hayden

Committee Member (uncredited)

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Patricia Hayes

Jeannie Rockne - Age 10 (uncredited)

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George Haywood

Student (uncredited)

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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Assistant Coach Hunk Anderson (uncredited)

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William Hopper

New York Reporter When Knute is Ill (uncredited)

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George Irving

Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)

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Danny Jackson

Boy (uncredited)

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Lois James

Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

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Dickie Jones

Boy Captain (uncredited)

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Brian Keith

Student at Train Station (uncredited)

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Owen King

Western Union Clerk in Kansas City (uncredited)

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Marilyn Kinsley

Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

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Lois Lindsay

Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

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Pete Mehringer

Football Player (uncredited)

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Carlyle Moore Jr.

Player Eating Bonnie's Chicken (uncredited)

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Paul Panzer

Extra at Train Station (uncredited)

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Steve Pendleton

Football Player #12 (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Army Coach (uncredited)

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George Reeves

Distraught Player (uncredited)

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Sam Rice

Extra at Committee Hearing (uncredited)

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Ruth Robinson

Molly - Gipp's Mother (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Jeff - Reporter on Train (uncredited)

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Billy Sheffield

Knute Rockne - Age 4 (uncredited)

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Edwin Stanley

Committee Member (uncredited)

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Phil Thorpe

Boy Center (uncredited)

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Ruth Tobey

Isobel (uncredited)

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Charles Trowbridge

Professor (uncredited)

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Frederick Vogeding

Elder in Norway (uncredited)

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David Wade

Knute Rockne - Age 7 (uncredited)

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Pierre Watkin

Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)

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Garry Watson

Boy (uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Gambler (uncredited)

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Robert Winkler

Tommy (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Football Fan at Game (uncredited)

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Maris Wrixon

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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