Action drama starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman

When one of its skiers 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 complicated emotional entanglements, Chappellet is willing to gamble his life in a bid to attain his ultimate goal.
Screenplay James Salter, based on the novel The Downhill Racers by Oakley Hall 1969)
(Subtitled)
Film Reviews pages 45-50