The World's Greatest Athlete

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, Nanu (played by Vincent) tries to 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.
== Cast ==
* John Amos as Coach Sam Archer
* Tim Conway as Milo Jackson
* Jan-Michael Vincent as Nanu
* Roscoe Lee Browne as Gazenga
* Dayle Haddon as Jane Douglas
* Billy De Wolfe as Dean Maxwell (final film role)
* Nancy Walker as Mrs. Petersen
* Danny Goldman as Leopold Maxwell
* Don Pedro Colley as Morumba
* Vito Scotti as Games spectator
* Liam Dunn as Dr. Winslow
* Ivor Francis as Dean Bellamy
* Leon Askin as Dr. Gottlieb
* Joe Kapp as Announcer Buzzer Kozak
* Clarence Muse as Gazenga's Assistant
* Virginia Capers as Native Woman
* Philip Ahn as Old Chinaman
* John Lupton as Race Starter
* Sarah Selby as Woman on Safari
* Russ Conway as Judge with Stopwatch
* Al Checco as Dr. Checco
* Dick Wilson as Drunk in bar
Category:1973 films
Category:1970s sports comedy films