Personal Best

5.9
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 124 min
  • Premiere: 1982. February 5.

Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.

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Mariel Hemingway

Chris Cahill

Patrice Donnelly

Tory Skinner

Scott Glenn

Terry Tingloff

Kenny Moore

Denny Stites

Jim Moody

Roscoe Travis

Kari G. Peyton

Penny Brill

Jodi Anderson

Nadia "Pooch" Anderson

Emily Dole

Maureen

Jan Van Reenen

Yelovitch

Jane Frederick

Fern Wadkins

Cindy Gilbert

Charlene Benveniste

Marlene Harmon

Pam Burnside

Linda Waltman

Debbie Floyd

Cindy Banks

Kim Stone

Milan Tiff

Willie Lee

Earl Bell

Randy Van Zile

Larry Pennell

Rick Cahill

Luana Anders

Rita Cahill

Robert Patten

Colin Sales

Margaret Ellison

Nellie Bowdeen

Charlie Jones

Television Announcer #1

Frank Shorter

Television Announcer #2

Jim Tracy

Duane

Janet Hake

Waitress

Susan Brownell

Women's Team Member

Desiree Gauthier

Women's Team Member

Sharon Hatfield

Women's Team Member

Linda Hightower

Women's Team Member

Joan Russell

Women's Team Member

Themis Zambrzycki

Women's Team Member

Clim Jackson

Men's Team Member

John Smith

Men's Team Member

Robert Horn

Water Polo Coach

Wendell Ray

P.A. Announcer

Len Dawson

Football Announcer

Leroy R. Perry Jr.

Chiropractor

Richard Martini

Meet Manager

Andrew Traister

Olympic Official (uncredited)

Timothy M. Hill

Track Fan (uncredited)

Jim Vitti

Track Fan (uncredited)

Dave Wang

Track Fan (uncredited)

Art

Ron Hobbs

Production Design

Rick Simpson

Set Decoration

Barbara Adamski

Assistant Property Master

Nikita Knatz

Storyboard Artist

Paul Rylander

Assistant Property Master

Steven Westlund

Property Master

Camera

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Eric D. Andersen

Camera Operator

John Boccaccio

Assistant Camera

Don E. FauntLeRoy

Assistant Camera

Michael Genne

Assistant Camera

Alan Gornick

Underwater Camera

Cary Griffith

Key Grip

Stephen Vaughan

Still Photographer

Johnny Walker

Assistant Camera

Lance Williams

Camera Operator

Kenneth Zunder

Assistant Camera

Mike Chevalier

Camera Operator

Robert Marta

Camera Operator

Randall Robinson

First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Ron Heilman

Costume Design

Linda Henrikson

Costume Design

Susan Germaine

Hairstylist

Karl Silvera

Makeup Artist

Christina Smith

Makeup Artist

Crew

Benjamin Resella

Scenic Artist

Dale Newkirk

Special Effects

Ken Speed

Special Effects

Alan Collis

Transportation Coordinator

Donald P. Desmond

Transportation Captain

Chuck DeBus

Technical Advisor

Patrice Donnelly

Technical Advisor

Jane Frederick

Technical Advisor

Jeff Freedman

Unit Publicist

Mitch Lewis

Technical Advisor

Leroy R. Perry Jr.

Technical Advisor

Kate Schmidt

Technical Advisor

B.J. Smith

Set Medic

Directing

Robert Towne

Director

William S. Beasley

Assistant Director

Robert J. Doherty

Second Assistant Director

Regina Gordon

Assistant Director Trainee

Jerry Grandey

Assistant Director

Daniel J. Heffner

Second Assistant Director

Nikita Knatz

Second Unit Director

Michael Green

Second Assistant Director

Ray Quiroz

Script Supervisor

Editing

Donah Bassett

Negative Cutter

Mike Dobie

Assistant Editor

Seth Flaum

Assistant Editor

Robert Lederman

Assistant Editor

Richard Ritchie

Color Timer

Bud S. Smith

Supervising Editor

Michael Tompane

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Doug Dale

Best Boy Electric

Don Stott

Gaffer

Production

Robert Towne

Producer

Peter Peyton

Associate Producer

David Geffen

Executive Producer

Jeff Parguer

Location Casting

Philip Procter

Assistant Location Manager

Leah Brown

Production Coordinator

Richard Martini

Production Assistant

Ron Rapiel

Production Consultant

Sheila A. Warner

Production Coordinator

William L. Young

Unit Production Manager

Richard H. Prince

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Jill Fraser

Original Music Composer

Jack Nitzsche

Original Music Composer

Gary Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bruce Bisenz

Sound Mixer

Norval D. Crutcher

Sound Editor

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Editor

J. Paul Huntsman

ADR Supervisor

Chris Jenkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John A. Larsen

Sound Editor

David Pettijohn

Supervising Sound Editor

Michael P. Redbourn

Sound Editor

Eric Shrader

ADR Editor

Jack Snyder

Boom Operator

Ben Sobin

Utility Sound

Larry Stensvold

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Curt Sobel

Music Editor

Writing

Art

Ron Hobbs

Production Design

Rick Simpson

Set Decoration

Barbara Adamski

Assistant Property Master

Nikita Knatz

Storyboard Artist

Paul Rylander

Assistant Property Master

Steven Westlund

Property Master

Camera

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Eric D. Andersen

Camera Operator

John Boccaccio

Assistant Camera

Don E. FauntLeRoy

Assistant Camera

Michael Genne

Assistant Camera

Alan Gornick

Underwater Camera

Cary Griffith

Key Grip

Stephen Vaughan

Still Photographer

Johnny Walker

Assistant Camera

Lance Williams

Camera Operator

Kenneth Zunder

Assistant Camera

Mike Chevalier

Camera Operator

Robert Marta

Camera Operator

Randall Robinson

First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Ron Heilman

Costume Design

Linda Henrikson

Costume Design

Susan Germaine

Hairstylist

Karl Silvera

Makeup Artist

Christina Smith

Makeup Artist

Crew

Benjamin Resella

Scenic Artist

Dale Newkirk

Special Effects

Ken Speed

Special Effects

Alan Collis

Transportation Coordinator

Donald P. Desmond

Transportation Captain

Chuck DeBus

Technical Advisor

Patrice Donnelly

Technical Advisor

Jane Frederick

Technical Advisor

Jeff Freedman

Unit Publicist

Mitch Lewis

Technical Advisor

Leroy R. Perry Jr.

Technical Advisor

Kate Schmidt

Technical Advisor

B.J. Smith

Set Medic

Directing

Robert Towne

Director

William S. Beasley

Assistant Director

Robert J. Doherty

Second Assistant Director

Regina Gordon

Assistant Director Trainee

Jerry Grandey

Assistant Director

Daniel J. Heffner

Second Assistant Director

Nikita Knatz

Second Unit Director

Michael Green

Second Assistant Director

Ray Quiroz

Script Supervisor

Editing

Donah Bassett

Negative Cutter

Mike Dobie

Assistant Editor

Seth Flaum

Assistant Editor

Robert Lederman

Assistant Editor

Richard Ritchie

Color Timer

Bud S. Smith

Supervising Editor

Michael Tompane

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Doug Dale

Best Boy Electric

Don Stott

Gaffer

Production

Robert Towne

Producer

Peter Peyton

Associate Producer

David Geffen

Executive Producer

Jeff Parguer

Location Casting

Philip Procter

Assistant Location Manager

Leah Brown

Production Coordinator

Richard Martini

Production Assistant

Ron Rapiel

Production Consultant

Sheila A. Warner

Production Coordinator

William L. Young

Unit Production Manager

Richard H. Prince

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Jill Fraser

Original Music Composer

Jack Nitzsche

Original Music Composer

Gary Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bruce Bisenz

Sound Mixer

Norval D. Crutcher

Sound Editor

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Editor

J. Paul Huntsman

ADR Supervisor

Chris Jenkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John A. Larsen

Sound Editor

David Pettijohn

Supervising Sound Editor

Michael P. Redbourn

Sound Editor

Eric Shrader

ADR Editor

Jack Snyder

Boom Operator

Ben Sobin

Utility Sound

Larry Stensvold

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Curt Sobel

Music Editor

Writing