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Bannister: Everest on the Track (2016)
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60 min | Documentary, History, Sport

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Bannister: Everest on the Track (2016)

Not Rated

60 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Our film is as much an historical study of Britain's psychological, if not almost physical, need for something - anything - to erase the woes of World War II as it is a fresh look at the quest for the first sub-4:00 mile, the heretofore ...See moreOur film is as much an historical study of Britain's psychological, if not almost physical, need for something - anything - to erase the woes of World War II as it is a fresh look at the quest for the first sub-4:00 mile, the heretofore deemed physically impossible. Before the war, Britain had bloomed best in its Sporting Tradition, but the amateur accolades leading to Olympic accomplishments were blown off the podiums in the 1952 Helsinki Games. Roger Bannister was the epitome of that disappearing scholar-athlete ideal. Can the lunchtime-trained runner immersed in his medical school studies inject the booster shot into Britain's flagging but still flickering morale? See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Roger Bannister Self Self See fewer	Bad Loser (1977)
Dave Bedford Self Self See fewer	A Question of Sport (1970)
Pat Butcher Self Self See fewer	Bad Loser (1977)
Harold Carter Self (as Dr Harold Carter) Self (as Dr Harold Carter) See fewer	Bannister: Everest on the Track (2016)
Christopher Chataway Self (archive footage) (as Sir Christopher Chataway) Self (archive footage) (as Sir Christopher Chataway) See fewer	Champion: The Franz Stampfl Story
Sebastian Coe Self (as Lord Coe) Self (as Lord Coe) See fewer	The Brittas Empire (1991)
Steve Cram Self Self See fewer	Spender (1991)
George Dole Self (as Rev. George Dole) Self (as Rev. George Dole) See fewer	Bannister: Everest on the Track (2016)
David Epstein Self Self See fewer	Marvel & ESPN Films Present 1 of 1: Genesis (2014)
Edmund Hillary Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Conquest of Everest (1953)
Phil Knight Self Self See fewer	Shoe Dog
John Landy Self Self See fewer	Champion: The Franz Stampfl Story
Craig Masback Self Self See fewer	Bannister: Everest on the Track (2016)
David Moorcroft Self Self See fewer	16 Days of Glory (1985)
Bruce Tulloh Self Self See fewer	A Question of Sport (1970)
Wendy Webster Self (as Dr Wendy Webster) Self (as Dr Wendy Webster) See fewer	The Story of British Pathé (2011)
Geoffrey Weston Self Self See fewer	Bannister: Everest on the Track (2016)