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The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
Directed by Robert Scheerer
“From the JUNGLE to the GYM...He's the Greatest!”
Comedy, Family · 1h 46m
Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.
Cast
Jan-Michael Vincent
Nanu
Tim Conway
Milo Jackson
John Amos
Coach Sam Archer
Roscoe Lee Browne
Gazenga
Dayle Haddon
Jane
Billy De Wolfe
Dean Maxwell
Nancy Walker
Mrs. Petersen
Vito Scotti
Games spectator
Howard Cosell
Himself - Announcer
Frank Gifford
Himself - Announcer
J
Jim McKay
Himself - Announcer
D
Dorothy Shay
Crew
- Director
- Robert Scheerer
- Screenplay
- Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
- Director of Photography
- Frank V. Phillips
- Original Music Composer
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Editor
- Cotton Warburton
- Producer
- Bill Walsh
Details
- Release date
- 1973-02-14
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Walt Disney Productions