The World's Greatest Athlete
1973, Kids & family/Comedy, 1h 33m
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Head coach Sam Archer (John Amos) and his right-hand man, Milo Jackson (Tim Conway), have been leading Merrivale College's track team to a succession of last-place finishes. A chance visit to Africa brings Sam and Milo the athlete of their dreams: an orphan wild-child named Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). The hapless coaches convince Nanu to leave his carefree life in the jungle for the cutthroat world of college athletics where, naturally, not all goes according to plan.
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Rating: G
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Genre: Kids & family, Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Robert Scheerer
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Writer: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
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Great Disney live action movie from the 70's.
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Remember loving this when I saw it as a kid. But the reason was because Jan-Michael Vincent was SO CUTE! I have to feeling that if I was to revisit this, that's the ONLY thing I would find good about it.
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Enjoyable Disney outing.
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