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Cast

Ben Cross
as Harold Abrahams

Ian Charleson
as Eric Liddell

Nigel Havers
as Lord Andrew Lindsay

Ian Holm
as Sam Mussabini

John Gielgud
as Master of Trinity

Cheryl Campbell
as Jennie Liddell

Alice Krige
as Sybil Gordon

Brad Davis
as Jackson Scholz

Nicholas Farrell
as Aubrey Montague

Lindsay Anderson
as Master of Caius

Dennis Christopher
as Charles Paddock

Patrick Magee
as Lord Cadogan

Peter Egan
as Duke of Sutherland

Struan Rodger
as Sandy McGrath

Robin Pappas
as Clare

David Yelland
as Prince of Wales

Yves Beneyton
as George Andre

Daniel Gerroll
as Henry Stallard

Jeremy Sinden
as President, Gilbert and Sullivan Society

Gordon Hammersley
as President, Cambridge Athletic Club

Andrew Hawkins
as Secretary, Gilbert and Sullivan Society

Richard Griffiths
as Head Porter, Caius College

John Young
as Rev J.D. Liddell

Benny Young
as Rob Liddell

Yvonne Gilan
as Mrs. Liddell

Jack Smethurst
as Sleeping Car Attendant

Gerry Slevin
as Col. Keddie

Peter Cellier
as Savoy Head Waiter

Stephen Mallatratt
as Watson

Colin Bruce
as Taylor

Alan Polonsky
as Paxton

Edward Wiley
as Fitch

Philip O'Brien
as American Coach

Ralph Lawton
as Harbormaster

Ed Wiley
as Fitch

John Rutland
as Caius Porter

Alan Dudley
as Caius Manservant

Tommy Boyle
as Reporter

Kim Clifford
as Sybil's Maid

Wallace Campbell
as Highland Provost

Pat Doyle
as Jimmie

David John
as Ernest Liddell

Teresa Dignan
as Schoolgirl

Ruby Wax
as Bunty

Michael Jeyes
as Footman

David Kivlin
as Scots Boy

Eddie Hughson
as Scots Boy

Rosy Clayton
as Linda Wallis

Sarah Roache
as Doreen Sloane

James Usher
as Steven Ambrose

Leonard Mullen
as Peter Jones

Dave Turner
as Phil Tait

Gayle Grayson
as Minor Role

Paul Howard
as Alan Lorimer

Garth Jones

Sue Sammon
as Minor Role

Alan E. Lorimer
as Minor Role

Graham Brooke
as Paul Mahoney

Carole Ashby
as Linda Boyland

Michael Lonsdale
as Garth Jones

Linda Boyland
as Minor Role

Nigel Davenport
as Lord Birkenhead

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• Jun 09, 2016

  It is certainly overrated and doesn't justify the many Oscars it won/was nominated to, but still it is technically competent (especially Vangelis' music and the film's editing) even if it is also a bit too conventional and slows down in its second half almost to the speed of a turtle.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• May 13, 2013

  Depth is all you can count on for this historical drama to move you, religious or not.
  Max G Super Reviewer
• Nov 07, 2012

  Okay, so I'm superficial, but the CLOTHES in this movie are breathtaking! As are all the vehicles--cars with wood paneling, sleeper cars in trains with same paneling and little servants who bring tea to that same sleeper car to wake you. It made me long for a world I've experienced only on PBS mini-series and made me long to dress like they do in this movie although I would probably be considered mad. Several social points I thought were brilliantly conveyed: the idea of immigrant as striver; the idea that aristocracy actually loathes outstanding achievement (the gentleman's C--see George W. Bush and all the Kennedys' report cards from Harvard and Yale); and the notion of sports--in this case field and track--as a physical way to prove something about your character, which must be why people get so upset when professional athletes do something that mars that character like take PEDs or give in to carnal urges. One particularly telling moment about class: the Prince of Wales invites the American runner (who is obviously of his class) to lunch at his club, but tells Abrahamson to "do your best, that's all anyone can expect." I found it actually chilling.
  Bathsheba M Super Reviewer
• Nov 02, 2012

  On one hand soapy and fraught with bathos, on another superbly acted. And the music is pretty terrible in a modern context. But chariots of fire DOES work and is a pleasure to watch, albeit sprinkled with some intermittent grimaces.
  Jeff L Super Reviewer

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