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Four Minute Fever
IMDb5.70
19569mNR
Overview
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.
Top-billed cast
- RRoger Bannister
- BBill Bonthron
- GGene Venzke
- GGlenn Cunningham
- PPaavo Nurmi
- SSidney Wooderson
- FFiorello LaGuardia
- GGunder Hagg
- JJohn Landy
- LLaszlo Tabori
Crew
- Director
- William Deeke
- Producer
- Earle Luby
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
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Who directed Four Minute Fever?
Four Minute Fever was directed by William Deeke.
When was Four Minute Fever released?
Four Minute Fever was released in 1956.
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