The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Programmed for laughs!
1969 · 1h 31m · G
Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Robert Butler
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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Overview
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses..
Director and cast
- Robert Butler Director
- Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley
- Cesar Romero as A.J. Arno
- Joe Flynn as Dean Higgins
- William Schallert as Professor Quigley
- Alan Hewitt as Dean Collingsgood
- Richard Bakalyan as Chillie Walsh
- Debbie Paine as Annie
- Frank Welker as Henry
- Frank Webb as Pete
- Michael McGreevey as Schuyler
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