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The spectacle behind the spectacle.
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Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Crawford | ... | Harry Hayes |
 | Ryan O'Neal | ... | Scott Reynolds |
 | Charles Aznavour | ... | Pavel Vendek |
| Jeremy Kemp | ... | Jim Harcourt |
| Elaine Taylor | ... | Christine |
| Stanley Baker | ... | Bill Oliver |
| Athol Compton | ... | Sunny Pintubi |
| Rafer Johnson | ... | Commentator |
| Kent Smith | ... | Kaverley |
 | Sam Elliott | ... | Richie Robinson |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Mrs. Hayes |
| Reg Lye | ... | Gilmour |
| June Jago | ... | Mae Harcourt |
| Don Newsome | ... | Cal Wood |
| Hugh McDermott |
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USA:100 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The role of Christine was intended for Judy Geeson, but illness prevented her from accepting it.
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This is a pretty decent film on one of my favorite subjects, the Olympics. This film pretty much takes its inspration from several real figures in Olympic history (Abebe Bikila, Dorondo Pietri and Emil Zatopek) and uses their stories as the basis of this film. Its just too bad that this film is rarely, if ever, shown on television anymore because it does show what motivates someone to run in the marathon and what it takes to complete it.