The Strongest Man in the World

Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.

Cast

Kurt Russell

as Dexter Riley

Joe Flynn

as Dean Higgins

Eve Arden

as Harriet

Cesar Romero

as A.J. Arno

Phil Silvers

as Krinkle

Dick Van Patten

as Harry

Harold Gould

as Dietz

Michael McGreevey

as Schuyler

Richard Bakalyan

as Cookie

William Schallert

as Prof. Quigley

Reviews

Wuchak

Some highlights, but overall kinda lame RELEASED IN 1975 and directed by Vincent McEveety, "The Strongest Man in the World” chronicles events at a Southern California college where Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) & his pals inadvertently discover that a concoction of a new chemical mixed with a certa...

r96sk

Worst of the trilogy. While <em>'The Strongest Man in the World'</em> isn't anything atrocious, it most certainly fails to land on the same level as the two Robert Butler directed films. The plot, which is about strength this time, isn't as finely executed or as entertaining. Kurt Russell (Dex...

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