

Chariots of Fire
“This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove something to the world. They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals... except their honor.”
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
Enigma Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Chariots of Fire performed
Budget
$5.5M
Worldwide Gross
$59.0M
Gross Profit
$53.5M
Return
10.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast

Harold Abrahams
Ben Cross
Harold Abrahams

Eric Liddell
Ian Charleson
Eric Liddell

Jennie Liddell
Cheryl Campbell
Jennie Liddell

Sybil Gordon
Alice Krige
Sybil Gordon

Lord Andrew Lindsay
Nigel Havers
Lord Andrew Lindsay

Sam Mussabini
Ian Holm
Sam Mussabini

Aubrey Montague
Nicholas Farrell
Aubrey Montague

Henry Stallard
Daniel Gerroll
Henry Stallard

Master of Trinity
John Gielgud
Master of Trinity

Master of Caius
Lindsay Anderson
Master of Caius

Lord Birkenhead
Nigel Davenport
Lord Birkenhead

Charles Paddock
Dennis Christopher
Charles Paddock
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