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    Downhill Racer (1969)

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    When a skier is injured in a fall, David Chappellet, an ambitious downhill racer from Colorado, gains a coveted place in the United States team.

    Despite hostility from his father and a string of emotional entanglements, Chappellet is willing to gamble his life to attain his ultimate goal.

    This skiing potboiler from Robert Redford’s production company, Wildwood, has the whiff of vanity about it. Redford stars as the handsome, egocentric skier who is groomed as Olympic champion by hard-headed coach Gene Hackman (who later complained of feeling like “a high-priced extra”).

    Inevitably, there is a girl (Camilla Sparv, former wife of Paramount chief Robert Evans), but the racing takes precedence over the plot, and the appeal of the film, directed by Michael Ritchie (making his feature debut) lies in the well-handled action sequences.

    David Chappellet
    Robert Redford
    Eugene Claire
    Gene Hackman
    Carole Stahl
    Camilla Sparv
    Tommy Erb
    Joe Jay Jalbert
    DK Bryan
    Timothy Kirk
    Mayo
    Dabney Coleman
    Johnny Creech
    Jim McMullan
    Tony Kipsmith
    Oren Stevens
    Machet
    Karl Michael Vogler
    Bruce Devore
    Rip McManus
    Ron Engel
    Jerry Dexter

    Director
    Michael Ritchie

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