
For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952 Helsinki Olympics present an exciting challenge. But events help set them on the path to something even more memorable than an Olympic gold medal - the race to break the four-minute mile....
Roger Bannister

John Landy

Chris Chataway

Wes Santee

Franz Stampfl

Denis Johannson

Jill Webster

Chris Brasher

Norris McWhirter

Harold Abrahams

Don MacMillan

Percy Cerutty
Bill Easton
Les Perry
American Athletics Official

Sandy Duncan
American Athletics Official

Groundsman
American Athletics Official
Student Athlete
Australian Journalist
Medical Student
Jim Johnson
Hammer Thrower
Chairman of Oxford University Athletic Club
Melbourne University Academic
BBC Interviewer
American Journalist
American Journalist

Policeman

Finnish Announcer

American Journalist

Elva Landy

Gordon Landy
Young Runner
Tony Landy
John Vernon

Vancouver Journalist

Marjorie Jackson
Vancouver Journalist
Winsome Cripps

Vancouver Journalist
Vancouver Journalist
Vancouver Journalist
British Photographer

Emil Zatopek
Finnish Announcer

British Journalist
British Journalist
Photographer
Canadian Mountie
British Journalist
British Journalist

Dr Hiddleston
Andy O'Brien
British Journalist
British Journalist
Marine Commanding Officer

English Doctor

Mrs Lambert
Murray Halberg
Milk Bar Proprieter
Australian Starter
Bill Baillie
Canadian Announcer
Australian Time Keeper
Canadian Producer
Australian Referee
Dave Garroway
Passer-By
California Interviewer
Landlady
Schoolmaster

AAA Official
AAA Official
Director

Writer
Producer
Producer
Producer