She shows enough talent to be selected for the British Olympic team, where she is the junior, but she does well under the stern guidance of Captain Johnson.

Sarah lives up to her dream and enters the Olympic Three Day Event helping Great Britain win the team competition.

She falls in love with an American competitor named Scott Saunders and moves back to America with him.

[3] The majority of the countryside riding and home scenes were filmed in and around the Flete Estate in South Devon, including Mothecombe Beach and the nearby village of Holbeton.

[4] Bryan Forbes's novelization of International Velvet was published to coincide with the film's release.