Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story(2025)

PG
Rated PG for thematic elements, language and smoking.
1h 43m
- Biography
- History

Release Date: Apr 25, 2025 | Limited

In 1908, Alma Richards, an eighth-grader, quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.

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Releases

Original Release | Apr 25, 2025

Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story

Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$57,231
Total US & Canada:
$481,617
Total Worldwide:
$481,617

Current Showtimes

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Thu Jul 2
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Director & Top Cast

T.C. Christensen
Director

Paul Wuthrich
Alma Richards

Pamela Beheshti
Reporter

Bryce Bishop
Coach Burns

Jonathan Byington
Rude City Boy

Paul Cartwright
Thomas Trueblood

Skyler M. Day

Columbia Richards

Ali Durham

Margaret Richards

Anthony Garcia

Jim Thorpe

Craig Gregersen

Olympic Games Camera Man

Sarah Kent

School Teacher

Nick Mathews

Morgan Richards

Claire Merrill

Young Columbia

Russell Nunley

Long Jumper

Walter Platz

Coach Stagg

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

In 1908, Eighth grader Alma Richards quits school. He doesn't see the point in going when he could be working as a ranch hand. A chance encounter with a Michigan State Professor sets Alma back on the road to education, which in turn leads him to more than he's ever dreamed of including a trip to the Stockholm Olympics competing in High Jump for a Gold Medal. — T.C. Christensen