- It Happened in Athens
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name = It Happened in Athens
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caption = Original Spanish Poster
director = Andrew Marton
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starring =Jayne Mansfield Nico Minardos
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distributor =20th Century Fox
released = 1962
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country = flagicon|USAUSA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0056109"It Happened in Athens" was a 1962 comedy
film released by20th Century Fox .This was film starJayne Mansfield 's last film to be released by studio 20th Century Fox. Often associated as one of her loan out films from Fox, it is actually a big budgeted studio movie and filmed inCinemascope . Filmed in the fall of 1960 and released two years later, the film stars newcomerTrax Colton as a Greek peasant boy determined to enter the firstOlympic Games . Jayne plays against type as a villainous stage actress with her eyes set on Colton. Jayne receives top billing but is actually in a supporting role, most likely a ploy by Fox to have a big star in a film set to introduce newcomer Colton. The film co-starred Greek-American actorNico Minardos in the role of Lt. Minardos, the favorite to win the marathon and Mansfield's primary love interest. OlympianBob Mathias also appeared as a member of the U.S. Olympic team.External links
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