History Drama
For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952 Helsinki Olympics present an exciting challenge. But events help set them on the path to something even more memorable than an Olympic gold medal - the race to break the four-minute mile....
Directed by
Jim Goddard
Written by
David Williamson
Michael York
Franz Stampfl
Adrian Rawlins
Chris Chataway
John Lee
English Doctor
Vincent Marzello
American Journalist
Robert Burbage
Chris Brasher
Adrian Dunbar
Norris McWhirter
Jacek Koman
Emil Zatopek
Albie Woodington
British Journalist
John Murphy
Vancouver Journalist
Richard Wilson
Harold Abrahams
John Flanagan
Policeman
Geneviève Picot
Marjorie Jackson
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Denis Johannson
Ralph Cotterill
Percy Cerutty
William Russell
AAA Official
John Philbin
Wes Santee
Charles Tingwell
Sandy Duncan
Tim Bentinck
Finnish Announcer
Rosemary Martin
Mrs Lambert
Tracy Mann
Jill Webster
Alan Cassell
Gordon Landy
John Tordoff
Groundsman
Reg Gorman
Vancouver Journalist
Nique Needles
John Landy
Gary Files
Dr Hiddleston
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Elva Landy
Mark Pennell
Don MacMillan
Richard Huw
Roger Bannister
John O'May
Bill Easton
Stuart McCreery
Les Perry
Chuck Faulkner
American Athletics Official
Joe Dolce
American Athletics Official
Duke Bannister
American Athletics Official
Geoffrey Church
Student Athlete
Geoffrey Baird
Australian Journalist
Nicholas Hewetson
Medical Student
Cliff Ellen
Jim Johnson
Martin Girvan
Hammer Thrower
Nicholas Donovan
Chairman of Oxford University Athletic Club
Peter Harvey-Wright
Melbourne University Academic
Ian Flintoff
BBC Interviewer
Teddy Kempner
American Journalist
Edwin Craig
American Journalist
Michael O'Reilly
Young Runner
Timothy Keegan
Tony Landy
Peter Lane
John Vernon
Colwyn Roberts
Vancouver Journalist
Joanne Canning
Winsome Cripps
John Larking
Vancouver Journalist
Geoffrey Pullan
Vancouver Journalist
Martin Redpath
British Photographer
Dalibor Satalic
Finnish Announcer
Kevin Costello
British Journalist
Michael Greatorex
Photographer
Peter Andrews
Canadian Mountie
Harry Parkinson
British Journalist
Dawn Ellis
British Journalist
Kurt Geyer
Andy O'Brien
Duncan Gould
British Journalist
Ray Ashcroft
British Journalist
Tim Evans
Marine Commanding Officer
Paul Davison
Murray Halberg
Laurie Dobson
Milk Bar Proprieter
Graham Dow
Australian Starter
Andrew Wallin
Bill Baillie
Perry Atfield
Canadian Announcer
Brian O'Callaghan
Australian Time Keeper
James Shaw
Canadian Producer
George Trotman
Australian Referee
John McTernan
Dave Garroway
Peter Tabor
Passer-By
Len Kaserman
California Interviewer
Esme Melville
Landlady
Charles Collingwood
Schoolmaster
Robin Daglish
AAA Official

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