The First Olympics: Athens 1896

May. 20,1984      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.

Alex Hyde-White as  Arthur 'Skip' Blake
Honor Blackman as  Madam Ursula Schumann
Louis Jourdan as  Baron Pierre de Coubertin
David Caruso as  James Connolly
Bill Travers as  Harold Flack
David Ogden Stiers as  Dr. William Milligan Sloane
Benedict Taylor as  Edwin Flack
Hunt Block as  Robert Garrett
Virginia McKenna as  Annabel Flack
Gayle Hunnicutt as  Mary Sloane

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