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4.1/10   130 votes
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Director:
Joseph Sargent
Writer:
John Kohn (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 June 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi | Sport more
Tagline:
These five men have developed, trained and programmed this stunning blonde to accomplish feats no human being has ever done before. They all stand to make a fortune, if they can just keep her together. [USA THeatrical]
Plot:
A neo-Nazi Doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised & Conditioned since she was a child to run in the Olympics. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
Susan Anton was Fantastic more (2 total)

Cast

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Susan Anton ... Goldine Serafin

James Coburn ... Jack Dryden
Curd Jürgens ... Dr. Serafin
Leslie Caron ... Dr. Sammy Lee
Robert Culp ... Steve Esselton

James A. Watson Jr. ... Winters
Harry Guardino ... Valenti
Ward Costello ... Cobb

Michael Lerner ... Sternberg
John J. Newcombe ... Armitage
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Andrea Brown ... Teammate

Nicolas Coster ... US Olympic team doctor
Sheila DeWindt ... Debbie
Julianna Field ... Ingrid
Mischa Hausserman ... Pilot
Annette Tannader ... Krull

Jessica Walter
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Cerritos College - 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, California, USA
Company:
Backstage Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Produced and released prior to the 1980 Olympics boycott, this film depicts American athletes competing at the Moscow games. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into 42nd Street Forever Part 4 (2009) (V) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Susan Anton was Fantastic, 17 March 2007
10/10
Author: Gary Dibert (garyldibert@msn.com) from Pittsburgh Pa.

This picture hit the theaters on June 15 1979 starring the very young and gorgeous Susan Anton as Goldine Serafin, James Coburn as Jack Dryden and Curd Jurgens as Dr. Serafin. The picture opens with Goldine in a room with Olympic equipment practicing her start for a qualifying race for the Olympics. Her sponsor has left and is in search of yet another sponsor. The trio that includes Dr. Serafin is trying to get a well-known agent Jack Dryden to join there group. Jack is being sold by Dr Serifin that Goldine is going to win the 100-meter, 200meter, and 400-meter races in the up coming Olympics as the first American ever to win all three races. When Jack tells, the trio that it can't be done the trio invites Jack to training site where Goldine has been practicing. Part of Goldine Training is to learn what to say to media when she does win the three gold medals. Later Jack watches Goldine practice on a treadmill where Goldine Therapist tells her to thing gold medal and Goldine goes on to beat her previous time. So Jack goes and watches Goldine participate in an actual race where she finishes third and only the top two finishers gets to move on to the next round. However, jack pulls some string and gets the qualifying race move down from six to eight, which gets Goldine into the next race. Goldine dominates the next race and wins going away. The win in the previous race puts Goldine into the qualification to win two races in a row that ends up setting three different Olympic time records. When Jack sees Goldine, walking back to her hotel room Jack meets up with because Jack won't sponsor an athlete unless he gets to know the person. However, Goldine is starting to have second thoughts about how she's been training. Goldine is tired of eating protein junk and wants to eat food like real Americans do. Goldine is tired of being told what to see and she's also tired of Pete pushing her all the time. What Goldine really wants and can't get is affection from the people around her including her father. Producers released this film prior to 1980 Olympics boycott in which this film depicts Americans athletes from competing in the Olympics in Moscow. Al Oerter who's the only American to win four consecutive gold medals in an individual Olympic Events loaned his 1968 gold medal to producers when shooting the film. Oerter got the medal back but it was ruined. Now some thoughts on the movie itself. I think Susan Anton was excellent in her role as Goldine. Susan looked good in the one-piece bathing suit that showed of those gorgeous long legs after all she's 6'2". In the white jogging suit, she wore in the scene where she walked out on Pete. Susan wore a white top with gold shorts and in the bed scene when she's crying on the bed in jeans. What I don't understand is why Susan wasn't offer more movies parts. Susan is a great actress and a great friend. On just Susan, alone I give this movie 10 weasel stars.

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