The World's Greatest Athlete
The World's Greatest Athlete

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Sam Archer is the beleaguered head coach of Merrivale College's many hapless sports teams and individual sports athletes, their poor performance placing his job on the line. Taking a break in Zambia with his assistant Milo Jackson to get in touch with his African roots, Sam believes he sees the answer to all his professional problems in the form of Nanu, arguably the fastest, strongest, and most agile person who he has ever come across, Nanu who also has pinpoint accuracy in ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The World's Greatest Athlete:

Jan-Michael Vincent
Tim Conway
John Amos
Roscoe Lee Browne
Dayle Haddon
Billy De Wolfe

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Sam Archer is the beleaguered head coach of Merrivale College's many hapless sports teams and individual sports athletes, their poor performance placing his job on the line. Taking a break in Zambia with his assistant Milo Jackson to get in touch with his African roots, Sam believes he sees the answer to all his professional problems in the form of Nanu, arguably the fastest, strongest, and most agile person who he has ever come across, Nanu who also has pinpoint accuracy in his aim. After the death of his missionary parents, Nanu was raised as a jungle boy by Gazenga, an African witch doctor. As Nanu is reluctant to leave his African home, Sam and Milo have to manipulate a way for Nanu to want to attend Merrivale. Gazenga may have his own thoughts of what he wants for his son. Eventually, Nanu does go to Merrivale with Sam and Milo, with the one condition that he bring his best friend, Harri, who he's known since he was a child. Beyond adjusting to western life, Nanu finds that his stay at Merrivale is not always a smooth or happy one as some constituents don't want to see Nanu compete for Merrivale and as Nanu discovers the deception that brought him to Merrivale in the first place. As Nanu may come to his own conclusions of what he himself wants to do which may take into account his tutor Jane, everything in his athletic life at Merrivale may come to a head as Coach Archer has entered him into every event at an upcoming NCAA track and field meet.

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User Review - 10/10 by Brian Bawesome! hilarious.. tim conway is classic. Jan Michale is dreamy.
User Review - 8/10 by Dan TGood live action disney movie. Good for the whole family. Very enjoyable. Jan-Michael was great as Nanu. He did a fantastic job.
User Review - 6/10 by Sean GPure early Disney cheese. Me likey. John Amos is SO very likeable and Tim Conway is a hoot! Love the minaturization scene which is surprisingly well done for the time period. They gave Conway the "Mug-Away" card to be played throughout the film.
User Review - 6/10 by Private UOne of my favourite childhood movies, insta-5.
User Review - 6/10 by Richard YFun teen film. Jan Michael Vincent could have been an earlier Brad Pitt had he not jumped into the deep end with controversial Indy films in his early career!
User Review - 6/10 by Philip SOh man! I remember seeing this flick as a kid. I think I really liked it. The ending stuck in my mind.
User Review - 6/10 by Cathy COnly giving it three stars cause I don't remember much about it..it's been a while. Would like to see it again sometime.
User Review - 4/10 by Joel HPretty bad, but it still has some silly slapstick comedy. They went all out with the shrinking man skit complete with a huge rotary phone and cocktail drink he falls into. The story was interesting with a black coach and a White American athlete. Then at the NCAA track and field championships they had byu as a key school. Disney was really focusing on minorities in this one.

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