The Games

A fascinating look into the world of long distance running as four athletes prepare for the grueling 26mile marathon in the Rome Olympics. The film follows the athletes-English amateur Michael Crawford, Yale undergraduate Ryan O'Neal, Aborigine mechanic Athol Compton and 41-year old Czech colonel Charles Aznavour-from their training for the race through to the race itself which produces drama of the kind that only a marathon provide. Stanley Baker as Crawford's fanatical trainer and Jeemy Kemp as a small-time promoter both have key roles and the screenplay is by Eric Segal (author of Love Story), himself a maraton runner. A Michael Winner film. © Twentieth Century-Fox Corp.