The Bob Mathias Story
1954 · Movie · min. · United States
California school boy and Stanford University student Bob Mathias was the first man to win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. The film begins with him as a 17-year-old schoolboy in Tulare, California where his high school track coach, played by Ward Bond, encourages him to train for the Olympics, with the Dacathlon in mind. His story, far from over, ends here with his victory in the 1952 Olympics and with Mathias in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Direction Francis D. Lyon
Cast Bob Mathias · Ward Bond · Melba Mathias · Howard Petrie · Ann Doran · Diane Jergens · Paul Bryar · Anne Kimbell
Soundtrack Leith Stevens
Screenplay Richard Collins
Cinematography Ellsworth Fredericks
Original title The Bob Mathias Story
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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