The Strongest Man in the World (1975)

Dexter Riley and his friends accidently discover a new chemical mixed with a cereal seems to give anyone temporary superhuman strength

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Joseph L. McEveety, Herman Groves

Stars:

Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kurt Russell	...	Dexter Riley
Joe Flynn	...	Dean Higgins
Eve Arden	...	Harriet Crumply
Cesar Romero	...	A.J. Arno
Phil Silvers	...	Kirwood Krinkle
Dick Van Patten	...	V.P. Harry Crumply
Harold Gould	...	Regent Dietz
Michael McGreevey	...	Richard Schuyler
Richard Bakalyan	...	Cookie (as Dick Bakalyan)
William Schallert	...	Prof. Quigley
Benson Fong	...	Ah Fong
James Gregory	...	Chief Blair
Ann Marshall	...	Debbie (Student)
Don Carter	...	Gilbert (Student)
Christina Anderson	...	Cris (Student)

Storyline

A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. When the kids decide to dispose of the mess to their neighbor's cow, they learn that the cereal gave the cow the super-strength to give a massively vast supply of milk. When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the stuff gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, as the Dean makes a deal with his relative who owns the company that makes the cereal for financial support, unaware that it was Dexter's chemical which was solely responsible for the strength. When her competitor learn of this deal, he hires two criminals to stop it.

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Plot Keywords:

cereal | school | cow | superhuman strength | laboratory | 

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Taglines:

The biggest dumb-bell on campus... and the secret formula got it off the ground!

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Genres:

Family | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 February 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

A világ legerősebb embere

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ronnie Schell's film debut.

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Quotes

Mercedes: Professor Quigley's here to pick up his severence check.
Dean Higgins: Professor Quigley, hmm? Well you inform Professor Quigley that we don't give out severence checks anymore.
Dean Higgins: But we always give out severance checks.
Dean Higgins: Well, we don't anymore! We just ran out of money!

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Connections

Spoofs Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

User Reviews

The End of an Era

This definitely was the end of an era at the Disney studios. This was the last of the so-called "college comedies" that began with the classic "The Absent Minded Professor", continued with the two "Merlin Jones" films ("The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle") and ended with the three "Dexter Riley" films ("The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes", "Now You See Him, Now you Don't" and this film). These films all followed the same formula but still were funny in their own way. However, by the time this film was done the formula had worn thin and this pretty much was the end of the line for this series of films. Kurt Russell was his usual funny self as the perpetually in trouble Dexter getting himself and his buddy Schyler in perpetual trouble. Ceasar Romero was also great as the kids' perpetual foil Arno.

However, it is also a somewhat surreal film due to the fact that Joe Flynn died after this motion picture finished filming. He definitely was great in his role as Dean Higgins and it was definitely an extension of his "Captain Binghamton" character and this capped off his legendary career as on of the all-time great curmudgeons.