Cambridge student - Society Day crowd (uncredited)
Lorraine Daniels
Pitti-Sing in 'The Mikado'
Mark English
Policeman (uncredited)
Stephen Fry
Singer in 'H.M.S. Pinafore' (uncredited)
Stephen Marzella
Undergraduate (uncredited)
Roberta Morrell
Peep-Bo in 'The Mikado'
Robin Pappas
Clare (uncredited)
Derek Pringle
Captain of Cambridge Athletic Team (uncredited)
Ted Robbins
Shot-Putter (uncredited)
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Trivia
Lord Lindsay's character was actually based on an athlete, Lord David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley, who first competed in the 1924 Paris games without winning any medals, but he did win the 400 meter hurdles in the 1928 Amsterdam games.
About six years after the film's release, Trinity College reenacted the quad dash with British Olympic athletes Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe taking part. Nigel Havers agreed to act as starter. At lunch after the event, the Dean confessed it had been a great mistake not to cooperate with the making of the film.
The producers intentionally added profanity to the film to avoid a G rating because they thought people would associate a G rating with a film for children.
In 1924, the future Edward VIII was Prince of Wales. At the meeting between "the committee" and Eric Liddell, Lord Birkenhead calls him "David". Some have assumed that this is a goof because he is played by David Yelland, but in fact the prince was known to his friends and family as David.
When Eric Liddell is in the locker room getting ready, before going over to wish Abrahams luck, the camera is in a close up on him. He walks past a row of showers and the man in the final stall is seen facing the camera and holding a towel. The angle then switches to a far away shot and the man is now naked, showering with his back to the camera.
Lord Andrew Lindsay: Let us praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. All these men were honoured in their generations and were a glory in their days. We are here today to give thanks for the life of Harold Abrahams. To honour the legend. Now there are just two of us - young Aubrey Montague and myself - who can close our eyes and remember those few young men with hope in our hearts and wings on our heels.