Knute Rockne All American (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Robert Fellows (associate), Hal B. Wallis (executive) |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, Sports |
| Top Topics | Football (American) |
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Knute Rockne All American Overview:
Knute Rockne All American (1940) was a Sports - Biographical Film directed by Lloyd Bacon and William K. Howard and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows.
Knute Rockne All American was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997.
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Knute Rockne:
Father, I've decided to take up coaching as my life's work.
Father John Callahan: Hmmmm.
Knute Rockne: You think I'm making a mistake, don't you?
Father John Callahan: Anyone who follows the truth in his heart never makes a mistake.
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.
George Gipp: Win one for the Gipper!
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Father John Callahan: Hmmmm.
Knute Rockne: You think I'm making a mistake, don't you?
Father John Callahan: Anyone who follows the truth in his heart never makes a mistake.
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.
George Gipp: Win one for the Gipper!
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William Holden, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Robert Cummings were considered for the role of George Gipp, but only Dennis Morgan and Ronald Reagan tested for it, with Morgan having the edge until the last minute.
Ronald Reagan once said of his role that though there were those who could have played it better, nobody wanted the role more than he did.
James Cagney, eager to break out of gangster roles, lobbied hard for the part of Knute Rockne. But Cagney had signed a petition in support of the anti-Catholic Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. Notre Dame University had control over all aspects of the filming and would not okay Cagney for the role.
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Ronald Reagan once said of his role that though there were those who could have played it better, nobody wanted the role more than he did.
James Cagney, eager to break out of gangster roles, lobbied hard for the part of Knute Rockne. But Cagney had signed a petition in support of the anti-Catholic Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. Notre Dame University had control over all aspects of the filming and would not okay Cagney for the role.
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