It Happened In Athens (1962)

Set in 1896, the Greek government decides to revive the Olympic games, this time as an international competition. A poor Greek country shepherd (Trax Colton) makes the trip to Athens in the hopes of competing in the marathon. Directed by Andrew Marton (KING SOLOMON'S MINES). 10 years in gestation, the film was originally to be made at MGM. For some reason, the project attracted 20th Century Fox's attention and they bought the script from MGM. Outside of being filmed entirely in Greece, there's nothing about the movie that's remotely memorable. In fact, it's a rather sad affair. The top billed Jayne Mansfield plays a famous Greek stage actress in 1896 although there's nothing either Greek or period (1896) about her! After this movie, Fox released Mansfield from her contract and thus ended her career as a major star. A good looking hunk, Trax Colton was never heard from again after this movie. With Nico Minardos, Ivan Triesault, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Titos Vandis and Bob Mathias.