- The Games (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Games
caption = Promotional poster for the film
director =Michael Winner
producer = Lester Linsk
writer =Erich Segal
starring =Michael Crawford Ryan O'Neal Charles Aznavour Athol Compton John Allen
music =Francis Lai
cinematography = Robert Paynter
editing =Bernard Gribble
distributor =20th Century Fox
released = flagicon|UKJuly 9 ,1970
flagicon|USAugust 7 , 1970
runtime = 100 min.
country = UK
language = English
amg_id = 1:92652
imdb_id = 0065757"The Games" was a 1970
film based on theHugh Atkinson novel and adapted to the screen byErich Segal . It was directed byMichael Winner .The plot concerned four marathon competitors at the
Olympic Games , played byMichael Crawford ,Ryan O'Neal ,Charles Aznavour ,Athol Compton andJohn Allen .Elton John recorded one song ('From Denver To L.A.') for the soundtrack.Trivia
Thousands of life-sized dummies were placed in the stadium's seats to simulate vast crowds of people.
External links
*imdb title|id=0065757|title=The Games
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