
Getting Physical
1984-03-20 · 104 min · ★ 4.3
The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a means of self-defense following a physical attack by two men, but then finds that while concentrating on building up her body her relationship with her parents, with whom she is living, and her new-found boyfriend, a young cop, is breaking down. Several noted bodybuilders and iron-pumpers, male and female, put in appearances to give this production an added authenticity.
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- Directors
- Steven Hilliard Stern
- Production companies
- CBS Entertainment Productions, CBS
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Alexandra PaulKendall Gibley
Sandahl BergmanNadine Cawley
David NaughtonMickey Ritter
John ApreaCraig Cawley
Janet CarrollMyra Gibley
Franco ColumbuHimself
Robert WebberHugh Gibley
Reuven Bar-YotamJorgen
Earl BoenByron Waldo
Thomas F. DuffyKiller
Phil RubensteinMaury
Lisa LyonPilar Jones
Rachel McLishTawny Runyon
Yana NirvanaAstrid Anders
Spice Williams-CrosbyRebecca Dawn (as Marcelyn Ann Williams)
William BoyettDesk Sergeant
Gene RossAAA Man
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