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Status
Released
Release
1983
Runtime
1h 46m
Available options inUS
"It wasn't where he finished that made him an Olympic hero, it was where he began . . ."
The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.
54 Cast Members
Robby Benson
Billy Mills
Pat Hingle
Coach Bill Easton
Claudia Cron
Pat Mills
August Schellenberg
Billy's father
Graham Greene
Eddie Mills
Tantoo Cardinal
Caroline
Michael J. Reynolds
Roger Douglas
Fred Keating
TV Sportscaster
Jeff McCracken
Dennis Riley
Denis Lacroix
Frank Mills
Kendall Smith
Young Billy
George Clutesi
Ben
Margo Kane
Catherine
Derek Campbell
Fight Bookmaker
Maurice Wolfe
Uncle Chester / Indian Singer / Drummer
Albert Angus
Bud
Barbara Blackhorse
Young Catherine
Carmen Wolfe
Joe American Horse
William Berry
Carny Barker
Kaye Corbett
Viking
