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Getting Physical(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-03-20
20%
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Time: 1h 44m
When a beautiful woman becomes a body builder, the sport takes on a whole new shape... and her life new meaning...
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
CBS Entertainment Productions
Movie: Getting Physical
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alexandra Paul
Kendall Gibley
Sandahl Bergman
Nadine Cawley
David Naughton
Mickey Ritter
John Aprea
Craig Cawley
Janet Carroll
Myra Gibley
Sydney Penny
Ramona
Franco Columbu
Himself
Robert Webber
Hugh Gibley
Reuven Bar-Yotam
Jorgen
Earl Boen
Byron Waldo
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