From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world. They are also the pawns of powerful nations, the victims of dangerous drugs and the object of many men's ambitions. Once every four years they come together... for the Olympic Games.
Acting
Charles Aznavour's haunted communist runner.
Direction
Winner's handheld Munich sequences before Munich existed.
Writing
Eric Segal's script: Love Story author goes savage.
Director
Michael Winner
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
Stephanie Beacham
Angela Simmonds
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual 1968 Mexico City Olympics with real athletes as extras; Ryan O'Neal trained with 1964 gold medalist Bob Schul.
Released months before the Munich massacre, making its Cold War athlete-as-pawn narrative accidentally prophetic and commercially doomed.
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