Rating: G
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 08/02/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Child Classic
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video

One of the best of the early-1970s Disney farces, The World's Greatest Athlete stars Jan-Michael Vincent in the title role. A "wild boy" living off the land in the jungles of Africa, Vincent is discovered by coaches Tim Conway and John Amos. Cursed with a last-place college athletic lineup, Conway and Amos hope that Vincent will pull them out of their years-long slump. And he does, but not before several Disneyesque slapstick highlights, not to mention a handful of amusing special-effects gags (at one point, Conway is shrunk to mouse size by witch doctor Roscoe Lee Browne). Despite its formidable lineup of comedians-Conway, Billy DeWolfe, Nancy Walker, Vito Scotti et. al.--The World's Greatest Athlete's funniest line goes to guest star Howard Cosell! The script is the handiwork of Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, late of That Was the Week That Was and Get Smart.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Tim Conway - Milo
Jan-Michael Vincent - Nanu
John Amos - Coach Sam Archer
Roscoe Lee Browne - Gazenga
Dayle Haddon - Jane
Billy De Wolfe - Maxwell

Production:
Robert Scheerer - Director
Bill Walsh - Producer
Marvin Hamlisch - Composer
Cotton Warburton - Editor
Dee Caruso Gerald Gardner - Screen Writer
Hal G. Gausman - Set Designer
John Mansbridge - Art Director
Walter Tyler - Art Director
Frank Phillips - Cinematographer
Chuck Keehne - Costume Designer
Emily Sundby - Costume Designer
Robert J. Schiffer - Makeup
Arthur J. Vitarelli - Second Unit Director
Art Cruickshank - Special Effects
Danny Lee - Special Effects
Eustace Lycett - Special Effects
Herb Taylor - Sound/Sound Designer

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