The Strongest Man in the World

The retort Goliath is an American comedy film from 1975. Switzerland and Austria in the film is also known under the title The strongest man in the world.

Action

Dean Higgins is on the verge because of financial mismanagement to lose his post at Medfield College. In order to bring within 30 days of its budget in order to avoid being laid off, he checked individual research projects of its professors and students. He is horrified when he learns of Professor Quigley's attempts to fatten the skinny cow Ruthy Bell with help of vitamins. The cost of the project seem too high for him, so he dismisses Quigley in dispute and when leaving the room so violently slams the door that a chemical gets into the experimental arrangement that gives rise to a special acid which in turn flows into the vitamin-rich cereals. While Dexter realizes what has happened, but he can not form a sense of it, so he backs up only a sample of the acid, while Schuyler takes the cornflakes back home.

The next morning, Dexter eats the cereal and it must already after the first bite put away again because they taste it too sour. Although he feels a change, but he can not explain what it is. When tying shoelaces he breaketh the bands, when closing the door, he tears off the door handle as he leans on a lantern to fall over and when he makes a dunk in basketball game, he destroyed the basket. Dexter has become super strong. Quick summon the students Quigley and Higgins and explain that Quigley's formula for strengthening was an absolute success. Higgins then sets Quigley again at college and imagines what money he could earn it. So he will not join the cereal manufacturer Crumply Crunch an appointment and shows off the cornflakes and the force to win it. The Chair Harriet is absolutely thrilled and finally sees the opportunity came, their biggest rivals Krinkle Cereals obliterate one, which is why it proposes a sponsored Gewichtheberwettbwerb between the Medfield College and country masters of the State U. Without knowing what they are getting into, agrees Krinkle.

However, he has with Harry, the nephew of Harriet, an industrial spy at Crumply Crunch, who tells them of Quigley's formula. Krinkle is shocked and asks Harry that this 'll get the formula. Therefore, Harry makes also to AJ Arno and his assistant cookie, both of which were just released fresh out of prison, to hire, to steal the formula. After this, however, fails, kidnap Schuyler, who betrays them under hypnosis the formula. Krinkle tried the formula out as soon as possible and finds painful that it does not work. But instead of being angry about the fact that it does not work, he finds that she also does not work for the other team, so its winning team can never lose weight lifters against the weaklings from the Medfield College; and that too before the whole nation television.

On the day of the competition also notes Dexter that the formula does not work, but it was the acid that gave him the strength and Higgins. While his fellow students gradually lose against the well-trained weightlifters and embarrass himself, Dexter makes itself at the laboratory, where he passed the acid. However, he is stopped by there Arnos people, so he has to take a sip from the bottle to turn off all the crooks. About radio he hears that the competition is considered to be lost if he can not lift 1111 pounds in weight over the next four minutes. So he runs as fast as possible to the competition site, where he discovers that the substance has lost its effect. With the last sip of the chemical to make it, that in the last second of the competition for the Medfield College is recovered.

Criticism

" The retort Goliath is a Disney comedy, which is based on a Zaubeformelgeschichte that already presented the company through good ( The Flying Pauker ) and less good ( Wore Tennis Shoes ) films. The new film [ ... ] is not nearly as funny as the first, but much better than the second. "

" Disney comedy with humor, but little bite"

Background

After Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) and There's a crash, it hisses, To have seen is nothin ' (1972 ) is the third and final film, occurs in the Dexter Riley.

Shortly after the shooting, the actor Joe Flynn drowned as a result of a heart attack in his pool in Beverly Hills.

Publication

After the film on February 6, 1972, in the U.S. theaters, he started in West Germany on 5 February 1981. Neither a German -language VHS, even a DVD available.

1975 in film Screenplay Film score Cotton Warburton Joe Flynn (US actor) James Gregory (actor) Olympic weightlifting Pound (mass) The Absent-Minded Professor The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Vincent Canby Beverly Hills, California
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