Four Minute Fever

Four Minute Fever (1956)

Documentary

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.

5.7
  • Release Date: 1956-06-08
  • Runtime: 0h 9min
  • Director: William Deeke

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Cast

  • Harry Wismer

    Narrator

  • Paavo Nurmi

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Harry Wismer

    Narrator (voice)

  • Fiorello LaGuardia

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Arne Andersson

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Jules Ladoumegue

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Bill Bonthron

    Himself (archive footage)

  • John Lovelock

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Glenn Cunningham

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Gene Venzke

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Sidney Wooderson

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Gunder Hägg

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Roger Bannister

    Himself (archive footage)

  • John Landy

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Christopher Chataway

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Laszlo Tabori

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Ron Delaney

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Joe Bailey

    Himself (archive footage)