The Four Minute Mile Explained

Genre:	Miniseries
Director:	Jim Goddard
Starring:	Nique Needles and Richard Huw
Country:	Australia United Kingdom
Language:	English
Runtime:	180 minutes (90 minutes per part)
Channel:	ABC

The Four Minute Mile is a television mini series about the race to run the four-minute mile, focusing on the rivalry between Roger Bannister and John Landy.^[1]

Cast

• Nique Needles as John Landy
• Richard Huw as Roger Bannister
• John McTernan as Dave Garroway
• Adrian Rawlings as Christopher Chataway
• John Philbin as Wes Santee
• Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Denis Johansson
• Adrian Dunbar as Norris McWhirter
• Cliff Ellen as Jim Johnson
• Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick as Elva Landy
• Jane Hall as Sue Landy
• Tracy Mann as Jill Webster
• Bud Tingwell as Sandy Duncan
  • Geneviève Picot as Marjorie Jackson Jacek Koman as Emil Zatopek
• Reg Gorman as Vancouver journalist

See also

• List of films about the sport of athletics

External links

• The Four Minute Mile at IMDb

Notes and References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p197