the true life story of perhaps the great football coach the game have ever know . knute rockne lead the game of football out of the stone age with innovation such a the forward pas and offensive formation shift . but he be probably best know for his motivational locker room speech . along the way and he bring fame and glory to a tiny and little and unknown catholic school in indiana . pat obrien be incomparable in his role a rockne . terrific cast that include ronald reagan who give a great performance a notre dame first and true superstar and george gipp . for football aficionado and this be the great football movie ever make . do yourself a favor and rent the black and white version . ( some version have delete scene for some reason ) if you get the good version and look for a brief cameo by the immortal jim thorpe a he stick his head in the locker room tell rockne and the team they only have a few minute leave before the 2nd half begin .