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The Four Minute Mile

6.8 152 mins History   Drama   1988
Centre Films   Australian Broadcasting Corporation   BBC  
Director(s): Jim Goddard

Release Date: 09 Wed, Nov 1988

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....

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Richard Huw

as Roger Bannister

Nique Needles

as John Landy

Adrian Rawlins

as Chris Chataway

John Philbin

as Wes Santee

Michael York

as Franz Stampfl

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

as Denis Johannson

Tracy Mann

as Jill Webster

Robert Burbage

as Chris Brasher

Adrian Dunbar

as Norris McWhirter

Richard Wilson

as Harold Abrahams

Mark Pennell

as Don MacMillan

Ralph Cotterill

as Percy Cerutty

John O'May

as Bill Easton

Stuart McCreery

as Les Perry

Chuck Faulkner

as American Athletics Official

Charles Tingwell

as Sandy Duncan

Joe Dolce

as American Athletics Official

John Tordoff

as Groundsman

Duke Bannister

as American Athletics Official

Geoffrey Church

as Student Athlete

Geoffrey Baird

as Australian Journalist

Nicholas Hewetson

as Medical Student

Cliff Ellen

as Jim Johnson

Martin Girvan

as Hammer Thrower

Nicholas Donovan

as Chairman of Oxford University Athletic Club

Peter Harvey-Wright

as Melbourne University Academic

Ian Flintoff

as BBC Interviewer

Teddy Kempner

as American Journalist

Edwin Craig

as American Journalist

John Flanagan

as Policeman

Tim Bentinck

as Finnish Announcer

Vincent Marzello

as American Journalist

Colleen Fitzpatrick

as Elva Landy

Alan Cassell

as Gordon Landy

Michael O'Reilly

as Young Runner

Timothy Keegan

as Tony Landy

Peter Lane

as John Vernon

Reg Gorman

as Vancouver Journalist

Geneviève Picot

as Marjorie Jackson

Colwyn Roberts

as Vancouver Journalist

Joanne Canning

as Winsome Cripps

John Murphy

as Vancouver Journalist

John Larking

as Vancouver Journalist

Geoffrey Pullan

as Vancouver Journalist

Martin Redpath

as British Photographer

Jacek Koman

as Emil Zatopek

Dalibor Satalic

as Finnish Announcer

Albie Woodington

as British Journalist

Kevin Costello

as British Journalist

Michael Greatorex

as Photographer

Peter Andrews

as Canadian Mountie

Harry Parkinson

as British Journalist

Dawn Ellis

as British Journalist

Gary Files

as Dr Hiddleston

Kurt Geyer

as Andy O'Brien

Duncan Gould

as British Journalist

Ray Ashcroft

as British Journalist

Tim Evans

as Marine Commanding Officer

John Lee

as English Doctor

Rosemary Martin

as Mrs Lambert

Paul Davison

as Murray Halberg

Laurie Dobson

as Milk Bar Proprieter

Graham Dow

as Australian Starter

Andrew Wallin

as Bill Baillie

Perry Atfield

as Canadian Announcer

Brian O'Callaghan

as Australian Time Keeper

James Shaw

as Canadian Producer

George Trotman

as Australian Referee

John McTernan

as Dave Garroway

Peter Tabor

as Passer-By

Len Kaserman

as California Interviewer

Esme Melville

as Landlady

Charles Collingwood

as Schoolmaster

William Russell

as AAA Official

Robin Daglish

as AAA Official

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