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2 February 1970 (Sweden)
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How fast must a man go to get from where he's at?
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Quietly cocky Robert Redford joins U.S. ski team as downhill racer and clashes with the team's coach, played by Gene Hackman. Lots of good skiing action leading to an exciting climax. full summary | full synopsis
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Won BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 nomination
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Redford | ... | David Chappellet |
 | Gene Hackman | ... | Eugene Claire |
 | Camilla Sparv | ... | Carole Stahl |
| Karl Michael Vogler | ... | Machet |
 | Jim McMullan | ... | Johnny Creech |
| Kathleen Crowley | ... | American Newspaper Woman |
 | Dabney Coleman | ... | Mayo |
| Kenneth Kirk | ... | D. K. Bryan |
| Oren Stevens | ... | Tony Kinsmith |
| Jerry Dexter | ... | Ron Engel |
| Walter Stroud | ... | Mr. Chappellet |
| Carole Carle | ... | Lena |
| Rip McManus | ... | Bruce Devore |
| Joe Jay Jalbert | ... | Tommy Erb |
| Tom J. Kirk | ... | Stiles |
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101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Natalie Wood worked as an assistant behind the scenes of this movie. She typed script revisions, shopped for wardrobe and props, and also appeared, well-disguised, as an extra in some crowd scenes.
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Continuity: Just after the Olympic Downhill Gold Medal racers reach the finish line, an announcer says (in German) "please clear the course; the first racer will be down in 5 minutes."
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Referenced in Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
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Gene Hackman is the coach; Robert Redford the star skier looking for Olympic Gold and himself. This is a wonderful character study of a man who wants to succeed above all else. Hackman is wonderful (as always) as the coach who tries to manage a team of individuals who are trying to break through into big time international skiing. Redford was brilliant in playing complicated introspective young men... Three Days of the Condor, Jeremiah Johnson, The Candidate. These set the stage for his later great work in Out of Africa and even Havana (another very very good movie panned by the critics). Even the ending is perfect. Enjoy.