Getting Physical

March. 20,1984      
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Alexandra Paul as  Kendall Gibley
Sandahl Bergman as  Nadine Cawley
David Naughton as  Mickey Ritter
John Aprea as  Craig Cawley
Janet Carroll as  Myra Gibley
Sydney Penny as  Ramona
Franco Columbu as  Himself
Robert Webber as  Hugh Gibley
Reuven Bar-Yotam as  Jorgen
Earl Boen as  Byron Waldo

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