🎬100 min
📅1962-06-20
🎭Comedy, Drama
⭐5.1/10
Overview
In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. A young shepherd, Spiridon Loues, decides to enter the 26-mile marathon. Once in Athens, he meets Christina Gratsos, a young woman from his hometown who is now the personal maid of Eleni Costa, Greece's most glamorous actress. Though he has arrived after the qualification date, Spiridon's athletic prowess so impresses Coach Graham of the American team that he is permitted to enter the contest. Eleni informs the press that she will marry the victor, confident it will be her lover, Lieutenant Vinardos.
Production
20th Century Fox
Cast
Trax Colton
as Spiridon Loues
Jayne Mansfield
as Eleni Costa
Nico Minardos
as Lt. Alexi Vinardos
Bob Mathias
as Coach Graham
Xenia Kalogeropoulou
as Christina Gratsos
Ivan Triesault
as Grandpa Loues / Mr. Trisapopolis
Lily Valenty
as Mama Loues
Titos Vandis
as Father Loues
Charles Fawcett
as Ambassador Cyrus T. Gaylord
Jean Murat
as De Coubertin