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Release Date: Jan 30, 1980 Wide

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No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Bob Newhart is a marathon runner in this sprightly made-for-TV movie. A mild, middle-aged suburbanite with the requisite loving wife (Anita Gillette), Newhart is smitten by gorgeous female jogger Leigh Taylor-Young. "Accidentally" arranging to meet the object of his affections during subsequent jogging jaunts, Newhart ends up joining Leigh in entering the grueling New York Marathon. Though the film makes light of vicarious adultery, screenwriter Ron

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Television, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Jackie Cooper

In Theaters: Jan 30, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Jun 27, 2006

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