The World's Greatest Athlete(Movie, 1973)

Name: The World's Greatest Athlete
Genre: Comedy, Kids & Family
Released: 1973
Duration: T01:46:00
Rating: 2.7

| 1h 46min | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

Rating: 2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

The World's Greatest Athlete is a 1973 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Scheerer and starring John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, and Jan-Michael Vincent. Released by Walt Disney Productions, it is one of the few wide-release Hollywood sports films to look at the world of track and field. In the film, two coaches (portrayed by Amos and Conway) make use of a jungle boy (played by Vincent) and have him make history by winning every event at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. The screenplay was by Dee Caruso and Gerald Gardner who also did a novelisation of the film. This film was also one of Billy De Wolfe's final roles before he died the following year. ()

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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.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California

Plays in: Zambia

Made by: Walt Disney Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)

Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/14/1973

Cast: John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, Jan-Michael Vincent, Bill Toomey, Billy De Wolfe, Clarence Muse, Dick Wilson, Frank Gifford, John Lupton, Leon Askin, Nancy Walker, Philip Ahn, Russ Conway, Sarah Selby, Virginia Capers, Vito Scotti, Don Pedro Colley, Liam Dunn, Joe Kapp, Russ Conway

Director: Robert Scheerer

Producer: Bill Walsh

Screenwriter: Gerald Gardner

Film Editor: Cotton Warburton

Director of Photography: Frank V. Phillips

Composer: Marvin Hamlisch

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El hijo de la jungla"

Keywords: sports

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