Chariots of Fire

Release date: 05/15/1981

Budget: $5,500,000

Revenue: $58,972,904

Genres:

Drama, History

Countries:

United Kingdom
United States of America

Rating:

6.8

This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove something to the world. They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals... except their honor.

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

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Ben Cross

Harold Abrahams

Ian Charleson

Eric Liddell

Cheryl Campbell

Jennie Liddell

Alice Krige

Sybil Gordon

Nigel Havers

Lord Andrew Lindsay

Ian Holm

Sam Mussabini

Nicholas Farrell

Aubrey Montague

Daniel Gerroll

Henry Stallard

John Gielgud

Master of Trinity

Lindsay Anderson

Master of Caius

Nigel Davenport

Lord Birkenhead

Dennis Christopher

Charles Paddock

Brad Davis

Jackson Scholz

Patrick Magee

Lord Cadogan

Peter Egan

Duke of Sutherland

Struan Rodger

Sandy McGrath

David Yelland

Prince of Wales

Richard Griffiths

Head Porter - Caius College

Patrick Doyle

Jimmie

John Young

Rev. J.D. Liddell

David John

Ernest Liddell

Benny Young

Rob Liddell

Yves Beneyton

George Andre

Alan Polonsky

Paxton

Jeremy Sinden

President - Gilbert and Sullivan Society

Jack Smethurst

Sleeping Car Attendant

Peter Cellier

Head Waiter - The Savoy

Ruby Wax

Bunty

John Rutland

Caius Porter

Peter Jones

Michael Lonsdale

Garth Jones (scenes deleted)

Ted Robbins

Shot Putter (uncredited)

Kenneth Branagh

Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

Stephen Fry

Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

Chariots of Fire

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