Chariots of Fire Author:W. J. Weatherby The story of the two British runners -- Harold Abrahams and Eric LIddell -- who competed in the 1924 Olympics in Paris to prove something to the world. Two men, one a Jew who runs to triumph over bigotry, the other a Scots missionary who runs to glorify God. Two men who race toward greatness. Based on a screenplay by Colin Welland.