The World's Greatest Athlete
| The World's Greatest Athlete | |
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| Directed by | Robert Scheerer |
| Written by | Dee Caruso Gerald Gardner |
| Produced by | Bill Walsh |
| Starring | Tim Conway Jan-Michael Vincent John Amos Roscoe Lee Browne Dayle Haddon Billy De Wolfe Nancy Walker |
| Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips |
| Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
| Music by | Marvin Hamlisch |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $22,583,370 |
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 Sam Archer (Amos) and Milo Jackson (Conway) make use of jungle boy Nanu (Vincent) 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.