The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
Comedy • Family • 1ч 46м
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.
TMDB rating:
5.5
(35)
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
No photo
Jim McKay
Himself - Announcer
No photo
Dorothy Shay
Liam Dunn
Dr. Winslow
Clarence Muse
Gazenga's Assistant
Al Checco
Dr. Checco
Danny Goldman
Leopold Maxwell
Don Pedro Colley
Morumba
Leon Askin
Dr. Gottlieb
Joe Kapp
Buzzer Kozak
Leigh Christian
Virginia Capers
Native Woman
Philip Ahn
Old Chinaman
John Lupton
Race Starter
Sarah Selby
Woman on Safari
Crew
Robert Scheerer
Director
Gerald Gardner
Screenplay
Dee Caruso
Screenplay
Evelyn Kennedy
Music Editor
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
Dick Warlock
Stunt Double
Michael J. Dmytryk
Assistant Director
Hans Metz
Special Effects
John R. Shannon
Still Photographer
Bill Walsh
Producer
Art Cruickshank
Special Effects
Frank V. Phillips
Director of Photography
Cotton Warburton
Editor
Emily Sundby
Costume Design
Eustace Lycett
Special Effects
La Rue Matheron
Hairstylist
John B. Mansbridge
Art Direction
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Arthur J. Vitarelli
Second Unit Director
Alan Maley
Matte Painter
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
Chuck Keehne
Costume Design
Herb Taylor
Sound
Marvin Hamlisch
Original Music Composer
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