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.
Robby Benson
as Billy Mills
Pat Hingle
as Coach Bill Easton
Claudia Cron
as Pat Mills
August Schellenberg
as Billy's father
Graham Greene
as Eddie Mills
Tantoo Cardinal
as Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
Michael J. Reynolds
as Roger Douglas
Fred Keating
as TV Sportscaster
Jeff McCracken
as Dennis Riley
Denis Lacroix
as Frank Mills
Kendall Smith
as Young Billy
George Clutesi
as Ben
