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Four Minute Fever (1956)
Directed by William Deeke
Documentary · 9m
Using newsreel footage, this Sportscope entry chronicles the race toward running's four-minute mile, highlighting several important contests. It starts in the 1920's, when Finland's Paavo Nurmi set the record for the distance at 4 minutes 10.4 seconds. It continues through Roger Bannister's first run under 4 minutes in 1954, and ends in spring 1956, when Australia's Joe Bailey became the first to break 4 minutes on US soil.
Cast
H
Harry Wismer
Narrator
P
Paavo Nurmi
Himself (archive footage)
H
Harry Wismer
Narrator (voice)
F
Fiorello LaGuardia
Himself (archive footage)
A
Arne Andersson
Himself (archive footage)
J
Jules Ladoumegue
Himself (archive footage)
B
Bill Bonthron
Himself (archive footage)
J
John Lovelock
Himself (archive footage)
G
Glenn Cunningham
Himself (archive footage)
G
Gene Venzke
Himself (archive footage)
S
Sidney Wooderson
Himself (archive footage)
Gunder Hägg
Himself (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- William Deeke
- Editor
- Arthur Weiss
- Producer
- Earle Luby
Details
- Release date
- 1956-06-08
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures