Getting Physical (1984)

4.3/10 104 min Comedy Drama TV Movie

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.

Cast

Alexandra Paul

Kendall Gibley

Sandahl Bergman

Nadine Cawley

David Naughton

Mickey Ritter

John Aprea

Craig Cawley

Janet Carroll

Myra Gibley

Franco Columbu

Himself

Robert Webber

Hugh Gibley

Reuven Bar-Yotam

Jorgen

Earl Boen

Byron Waldo

Thomas F. Duffy

Killer

Phil Rubenstein

Maury

Lisa Lyon

Pilar Jones

Rachel McLish

Tawny Runyon

Yana Nirvana

Astrid Anders

Spice Williams-Crosby

Rebecca Dawn (as Marcelyn Ann Williams)

William Boyett

Desk Sergeant

Gene Ross

AAA Man

Robina Suwol

Video Lady #1

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