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Movie
The Games
Synopsis
Not to be confused with the 1966 Diabolique rip-off Games, 1970's The Games is set during the Rome Olympics. The film zeroes in on four contestants in the 26-mile marathon race: Briton Michael Crawford, American Ryan O'Neal, Czech Charles Aznavour and Australian Athol Compton. Scenes of the grueling training sessions are placed in context with the personal dramas of the four men. Crawford is being driven to the breaking point by trainer Stanley Baker, O'Neal is suffering from a dangerous heart condition, Aznavour is past forty but obliged to compete by his government, and Compton is an Aborigine fighting a lifelong battle against prejudice. Eric Segal, himself an avid runner adapted the screenplay of The Games from the novel by Hugh Atkinson.
Cast
- Ryan O'Neal
- Michael Crawford
- Stanley Baker
- Charles Aznavour
- Jeremy Kemp
- Elaine Taylor
- Athol Compton
- Fritz Wepper
- Kent Smith
- Sam Elliott
- Reg Lye
- Mona Washbourne
- Don Newsome
- Emmy Werner
- Harvey Hall
- June Jago
- Karel Stepanek
- Gwendolyn Watts
- John Alkin
- Dale Ishimoto
- Alexander Werner
- Rafer Johnson
- Rod Pickering
- Adrian Metcalfe
- Bob Cunningham
- Fritz Weaver
- Colin Jeavons
- Paddy Webster
- John Allen
- Tina Carter
- Stephanie Beacham
- Basil Dignam
- Hugh McDermott
- Warren Stanhope
- Marianne Stone
- Leigh Taylor-Young
- Bernard Gribble
- Albert Witherick
- Robert Paynter
- Hugh Strain
- Erich Segal
- Fred Carter
- Roy Stannard