Medfield College science majors Dexter Reilly (Kurt Russell) and Richard Schuyler (Michael McGreevey) are trying to find a vitamin formula to cure a cow of malnutrition but don’t realise that Dexter’s chemical solution has accidentally spilt into Richard’s vitamin compound.
They pour the mixture into a cereal box, and the next morning after Dexter eats a bowl of cereal he becomes so strong that a lamp post topples over when he leans on it.
He takes the formula to Dean Higgins (Joe Flynn), who sells it to a cereal company president (Eve Arden) who plans to use it as a secret weapon to wipe out a rival cereal maker (Phil Silvers).
Harry Crumply (Dick Van Patten) is an industrial spy and AJ Arno (Cesar Romero) and Cookie (Dick Bakalyan) are the ex-cons who try to help him steal the formula.
The film is at its funniest during a weightlifting match between Dexter’s unmuscular colleagues who have mistakenly eaten cereal without the compound and hulking champion weightlifters.
Joe Flynn is hilarious as the college dean who eats the special cereal and performs acrobatics from a chandelier while wearing long johns. This was his final film. He died of a heart attack a year before it was released.
The Strongest Man in the World is a bland, capably-made movie with some good special effects. But kids loved it – and that’s what Disney is all about.
Dexter Reilly
Kurt Russell Dean Higgins
Joe Flynn Harriet Crumply
Eve Arden AJ Arno
Cesar Romero Kirwood Krinkle
Phil Silvers VP Harry Crumply
Dick Van Patten Regent Dietz
Harold Gould Richard Schuyler
Michael McGreevey Cookie
Dick Bakalyan Prof. Quigley
William Schallert Ah Fong
Benson Fong Chief Blair
James Gregory Debbie
Ann Marshall Gilbert
Don Carter Cris
Christina Anderson Peter ‘Porky’ Peterson
Paul Linke Slither Roth
Jack David Walker Melissa
Melissa Caffey John
John Debney Hector
Derrel Maury Matthew
Matthew Conway Pat
Pat Fitzpatrick David
David R. Ellis Larry
Larry Franco Mr Roberts
Roy Roberts Uncle Frederick
Fritz Feld Regent Burns
Raymond Bailey Mr Roscoe
John Myhers Cousin Edward
James Brodhead Mr Secretary
Dick Patterson Irwin
Irwin Charone Roger
Roger Price Jack
Jack Bailey Larry
Larry Gelman Eric
Eric Brotherson Officer Hurley
Kathleen Freeman Mr Becker
Iggie Wolfington Mr Parsons
Ned Wertimer Mr Lufkin
Milton Frome Mr Reedy
Laurie Main Mercedes
Mary Treen Mr Willoughby
Eddie Quillan Mr Rogers
Jeff DeBenning Mr Slate
Henry Slate Mr Webster
Byron Webster Regent Appleby
Burt Mustin Regent Shaw
Arthur Space Pete
Larry J Blake
Director
Vincent McEveety
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He takes the formula to Dean Higgins (Joe Flynn), who sells it to a cereal company president (Eve Arden) who plans to use it as a secret weapon to wipe out a rival cereal maker (Phil Silvers).
