"An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast."
James Franciscus
as Gil Davenport
Alex Karras
as Hughie Rae Feather
Hope Lange
as Karen Walsh
Howard Cosell
as Howard Cosell
Victor Spinetti
as Martin Bloore
Claudia Butenuth
as Natalya
Rick Parsé
as Mickey
Heinz Viertaler
as Lermontov
Ralf Wolter
as Glabov
John Akii-Bua
as John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
Heide Rosendahl
as Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
Günter Zahn
as Günter Zahn (uncredited)
Mark Spitz
as Mark Spitz (uncredited)
William Kronick
Director
James S. Henerson
Writer
Stan Margulies
Producer
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Neal Hefti
Music
Herbert Raditschnig
Director of Photography
James T. Heckert
Editor
Otto Pischinger
Art Direction
Walter Mayr
Set Decoration
Else Heckmann
Costume Design
Vladimir Vizner
Sound