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The Games (Original title)
Date: 09 August 1970 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Michael Winner

Synopsis: A milkman from Windsor competes in the marathon at the Rome Olympics.

Genre:
Sport

Subject:
Olympic Games
Releases
Date: 1969not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8672 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: July 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (26)
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd, Produced by: Lester Linsk, Production Manager: Clifton Brandon, Production Manager: Mario Mariani, Assistant Director: Michael Dryhurst, Assistant Director: Francesco Cinieri, Assistant Director: Malcolm Stamp, Continuity: Pamela Carlton, Screenplay: Erich Segal, From the novel by: Hugh Atkinson, Director of Photography: Bob Paynter, Camera Operator: Tony Troke, Camera Operator: Norman Jones, Editor: Bernard Gribble, Art Director: Albert Witherick, Art Director: Fred Carter, Art Director: Roy Stannard, Wardrobe: Ron Beck, Make-up: Richard Mills, Hair: Stephanie Kaye, Music: Francis Lai, Sound Recording: Brian Marshall, Sound Recording: Hugh Strain, Dubbing Editor: Terry Rawlings, Technical Adviser: Gordon Pirie
Cast (32)
Michael Crawford (Harry Hayes), Stanley Baker (Bill Oliver), Ryan O'Neal (Scott Reynolds), Charles Aznavour (Pavel Vendek), Jeremy Kemp (Jim Harcourt), Elaine Taylor (Christine), Athol Compton (Sunny Pintubi), Fritz Wepper (Kovanda), Kent Smith (Kaverley), Sam Elliott (Richie Robinson), Reg Lye (Charlie Gilmour), Mona Washbourne (Mrs. Hayes), Don Newsome (Cal Wood), Emmy Werner (Vera Vendek), Harvey Hall (Stuart Simmonds), June Jago (Mae Harcourt), Karel Stepanek (Kubitsek), Gwendolyn Watts (Barmaid), John Alkin (John), Rafer Johnson, Ron Pickering, Adrian Metcalfe (commentator), Alexander Werner (Juri Vendek), Dale Ishimoto (Dr. Tselsura), Bob Cunningham (Fred Gardner), Colin Jeavons (Earnest Man), Paddy Webster (Jocelyn), Tina Carter (Miss Gibb), Stephanie Beacham (Angela Simmonds), Basil Dignam (Weston), Alex Rebar ([]), George Roubicek ([drinking man])