|Based on the parallel lives of two British Olympians, devout Scottish Presbyterian [[Eric Liddell]], who wants to run for the glory of God, and Jewish Englishman [[Harold Abrahams]] both struggle to overcome prejudice in 1924 Britain. That year's Olympics Games was especially spiritual when Liddell refused the Prince of Wales' request that he perform his competition on a Sunday. | |Based on the parallel lives of two British Olympians, devout Scottish Presbyterian [[Eric Liddell]], who wants to run for the glory of God, and Jewish Englishman [[Harold Abrahams]] both struggle to overcome prejudice in 1924 Britain. That year's Olympics Games was especially spiritual when Liddell refused the Prince of Wales' request that he perform his competition on a Sunday. |