you do not have to be a notre dame football fan to enjoy this and because i be not . but and a a football fan in general and this be fun to watch . it almost make me a fight irish devotee . if you can not get catch up in the emotion in this film and gridiron fan or not and you good check your pulse because this be an emotional film with some very touching scene . a a sport fan and i love watch the classic footage of early college game . they have some pretty wild play back then with a lot of lateral . they intersperse that footage with pat obrien show a head coach knute rockne on the sideline and some of the player and such a george gipp ( ronald reagan ) . reagan get pretty good billing in this film but his part really isn not that large . obrien be the only actor with a large role in here . the rest all play nice character include gale page a rockne wife bonnie while donald crisp and a the notre dame father john callahan while albert bassermann a chemistry professor father nieuwland and reagan and a gipp and perhaps notre dame most talented and famous player ever . what this film do nicely be balance the personal story with the football . neither angle be overdone . the character in here all people you can root for and a there be no villain . on my last look and it be interest to discover johnny sheffield tarzan son play rockne at the age of seven and to see george reef and tv superman and a one of the player . there have be very few football movie make in hollywood and for some reason and and precious few good one . this be one of them .