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 make use of a jungle boy and have him make history by winning every event at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. The screenplay was by Dee Caruso and Gerald Gardner who also did a novelisation of the film. This film was also one of Billy De Wolfe's final roles before he died the following year.
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
Directed by Robert Scheerer
Genres - Comedy, Family, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Family Film, Sports Comedy |
Release Date - Feb 4, 1973 |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - G
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Athlete, Athletics Film, Greatest Athlete, World
Attributes
Filming Location: California
Narrative Location: Zambia
Subject: about animals, about orphans, about size change
Narrative Location: Zambia
Subject: about animals, about orphans, about size change
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Alternate Titles
Az atléták királya
HU
Big Boy - Der aus dem Dschungel kam
DE
El atleta más grande del mundo
AR
El hijo de la jungla
ES
Nanou, fils de la jungle
BE, FR
Nanu - djungelns son
SE
Nanu - junglens søn
DK
Nanu - villi mies viidakosta
FI
Nanu, alle tiders champion
NO
Nanù, il figlio della giungla
IT
Nanu, o Filho da Selva
PT
Nanu, zoon van de jungle
NL
O Maior Atleta do Mundo
BR
O megalyteros athlitis tou kosmou
GR
Shijô saidai no sûpâ chanpion
JP
The World's Greatest Athlete
GB, US
Великий атлет
, RU
史上最大のスーパー・チャンピオン
JP
萬能運動員
TW