The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
- Directed by
- Robert Scheerer
- Genre
- comedy film, family film, athletics film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 35 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two college coaches discover a young man raised in the jungle who has incredible athletic abilities. They recruit him to compete in track and field events where he unexpectedly dominates every race and contest.
lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatfungoofyenergeticfamily-friendlysend-up
What happens
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 recruit a jungle boy who makes history by winning every event at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. The screenplay was by Dee Caruso and Gerald Gardner who also wrote a novelization of the film. This film was also one of Billy De Wolfe's final roles before he died the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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