Goal!

Oct 31, 1966

1h 47m

★ 7.5

Overview

This entertaining documentary of the World Cup Soccer tournament of 1966 follows the 15 countries competing for the sport's most coveted prize. Nigel Patrick narrates, with commentary provided by Brian Glanville. The executive producer spent $336,000 on the production and used 117 cameras to record nearly 48 hours worth of action. Four editors were employed to created the final 108-minute feature.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Frigo Productions

Goal! Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Nigel Patrick

Self

Tofik Bakhramov

Self

Alan Ball

Self

Gordon Banks

Self

Franz Beckenbauer

Self

Ignacio Calderón

Self

Bobby Charlton

Self

Jack Charlton

Self

Igor Chislenko

Self

George Cohen

Self

John Connelly

Self

Gottfried Dienst

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