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Four Minute Fever (1956)

0h 9m Jun 08, 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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Four Minute Fever
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

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Harry Wismer
Narrator
Popularity: 1.2
No Photo" alt="Paavo Nurmi" class="cast-photo">
Paavo Nurmi
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.1
No Photo" alt="Harry Wismer" class="cast-photo">
Harry Wismer
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 1.2
No Photo" alt="Fiorello LaGuardia" class="cast-photo">
Fiorello LaGuardia
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.2
No Photo" alt="Arne Andersson" class="cast-photo">
Arne Andersson
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Jules Ladoumegue" class="cast-photo">
Jules Ladoumegue
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Bill Bonthron" class="cast-photo">
Bill Bonthron
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="John Lovelock" class="cast-photo">
John Lovelock
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Glenn Cunningham" class="cast-photo">
Glenn Cunningham
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.5
No Photo" alt="Gene Venzke" class="cast-photo">
Gene Venzke
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Sidney Wooderson" class="cast-photo">
Sidney Wooderson
Himself (archive footage)
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Gunder Hägg
Gunder Hägg
Himself (archive footage)
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director William Deeke
Producer Earle Luby
Editor Arthur Weiss

Production

RKO Radio Pictures
US
Rating

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Details
Release Date June 8, 1956
Runtime 0h 9m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
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