Irving Blitzer disgraced himself when putting extra weights into his team's bob in the Olympics, resulting in his gold medal being taken away from him. Years later, Derice Bannock, son to a former friend of Irv, fails to qualify for the 100-yard sprint for the Olympics due to a stupid accident. But when he hears of Irving Blitzer living also on Jamaica, Derice decides to go to the Games anyway, if not as a sprinter, then as a bobsledder. After some starting problems, the first Jamaican bobsledding team is formed and heads for Calgary. In the freezing weather Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul are only laughed at, since nobody can take a Jamaican bobsledding team led by a disgraced trainer seriously. But team spirit and a healthy self confidence may lead to a few surprises in the upcoming Winter Games.
Leon | Derice Bannock |
Doug E. Doug | Sanka Coffie |
Rawle D. Lewis | Junior Bevil |
Malik Yoba | Yul Brenner |
John Candy | Irv |
Raymond J. Barry | Kurt Hemphill |
Peter Outerbridge | Josef Grool |
Paul Coeur | Roger |
Larry Gilman | Larry |
Charles Hyatt | Whitby Bevil - Sr. |
Winston Stona | Coolidge |
Bertina Macauley | Joy Bannock |
Pauline Stone Myrie | Momma Coffie |
Kristoffer Cooper | Winston |
Jimmy Cliff | Composer |
Bill Dow | Registration Official |
Nick Glennie-Smith | Composer |
Hans Zimmer | Composer |
Phedon Papamichael | Cinematographer |