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Personal Best
Chris Cahill is a young athlete who competes unsuccessfully in the 1976 U.S. Olympic trials. She meets a more experienced lesbian track and field competitor, Tory Skinner, and their friendship evolves into a romantic relationship.
Robert Towne
Casts & Crew
Mariel Hemingway
Scott Glenn
Patrice Donnelly
Kenny Moore
Jim Moody
Kari G. Peyton
Jodi Anderson
Maren Seidler
Martha Watson
Emily Dole
Pam Spencer
Deby Laplante
Mitzi McMillin
Jan Glotzer
Jan Van Reenen
Allan Feuerbach
Jane Frederick
Cindy Gilbert
Marlene Harmon
Linda Waltman
Cindy Banks
Milan Tiff
Earl Bell
Larry Pennell
Luana Anders
George de la Peña
Robert Patten
Margaret Ellison
Jim Tracy
Charlie Jones
Frank Shorter
Clim Jackson
Chuck DeBus
Also Directed by Robert Towne
The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.