Mar 20, 1984
104 min
Full-HD

Getting Physical (1984)

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.

Category

Comedy Drama TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

CBS Entertainment Productions CBS

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

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