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Director:
Andrew Marton
Writer:
László Vadnay
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Release Date:
June 1962 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy See more »
Tagline:
When Jayne Becomes the Olympic Prize...It's An Outdoor Variation on an Inside Sport!
Plot:
In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. A young shepherd, Spiridon Loues... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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Jayne Mansfield ... Eleni Costa
Trax Colton ... Spiridon Loues
Nico Minardos ... Lt. Alexi Vinardos
Bob Mathias ... Coach Graham
Xenia Kalogeropoulou ... Christina Gratsos (as Maria Xénia)
Ivan Triesault ... Grandpa Loues / Mr. Trisapopolis
Lili Valenty ... Mama Loues
Titos Vandis ... Father Loues
Charles Fawcett ... Ambassador Cyrus T. Gaylord
Jean Murat ... De Coubertin
Bill Browne ... Drake
Marion Siva ... Maria Loues (as Marion Silva)
Paul Muller ... Priest
Gustavo De Nardo ... George
Roger Fradet ... Dubois
Denton De Gray ... O'Toole
George Graham ... Stadium Announcer
Ben Bennett ... Connolley
Tod Windsor ... Burke
Paris Alexander ... Nico Loues

Alan Caillou ... Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mickey Hargitay Jr. ... Baby (uncredited)

Brad Harris ... Garrett (uncredited)
Stylianos Hionakis ... Marathon runner (uncredited)
John Karlsen ... King of Greece (uncredited)
George Stefans ... Fat Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
Andrew Marton 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
László Vadnay 

Produced by
James S. Elliott .... producer
 
Original Music by
Manos Hatzidakis 
 
Cinematography by
Curt Courant 
 
Film Editing by
Jodie Copelan 
 
Art Direction by
Marilena Aravantinou 
 
Set Decoration by
Aurelio Crugnola 
 
Costume Design by
Adele Parmenter 
 
Makeup Department
Anna Cristofani .... hair stylist
Manrico Spagnoli .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Frank Parmenter .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Foster H. Phinney .... assistant director (as Foster Phinney)
Henry Yatron .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Nicolas Anagnostakis .... second prop man
Yorgos Diamantis .... head prop man (as George Diamantis)
Franco Fumagalli .... assistant decorator
Antonio Grivas .... assistant prop man
 
Sound Department
Claude Hitchcock .... sound
Derrick Leather .... sound recordist (as Dereck Leather)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Basil Maros .... camera operator: second unit
Jerry Kalogeratos .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rodolfo Taddei .... wardrobe
 
Other crew
Harriet Medin .... dialogue director
Marion Mertes .... script supervisor
 

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved
Company:
Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Jayne Mansfield's 23-month-old son, Miklos, makes a cameo at the beginning of the film as the little boy who throws food across the table.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Though the film is set at the time of the first modern Olympic Games at the dawn of the 20th Century, from far away it is noticeable that the people in the crowd are from the 1960s as they're wearing 1960s fashions.See more »

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3 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Pretty bad, 14 February 2006
Author: witchaphrodite from United States

Awhile ago FMC was showing this film a lot, so I had an opportunity to watch it.

I found it rather difficult to watch this film all the way through. The acting was uninspired, the story was weak, and overall it just dragged.There were moments that were intended to be humorous that just fell flat. The actors don't seem interested in giving there all here for the most part. Maria Xenia makes some effort, but given the weak script there is little she could do.

I do think that it could have been interesting had there been a little more focus on the Olympics aspect and less on Mansfield's character attempting to seduce Colton's character. The seduction falls flat on screen. And it seems the actors are just embarrassing themselves.

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