The Games

The Games is a 1970 film based on the Hugh Atkinson novel and adapted to the screen by Erich Segal. It was directed by Michael Winner. The plot concerned four marathon competitors at a fictitious Olympic Games in Rome, played by Michael Crawford, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Aznavour, and Athol Compton. Elton John recorded one song for the soundtrack. To simulate vast crowds of people, thousands of life-sized dummies were placed in the stadium's seats.