Film

Personal Best

1982 · 2h 4m · Drama

When you run into yourself you run into feelings you never thought you had.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Metacritic

71

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.

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

Maren Seidler

Tanya

Martha Watson

Sheila

Emily Dole

Maureen

Pam Spencer

Jan

Deby Laplante

Trish

Mitzi McMillin

Laura

Jan Glotzer

Karen

Jan Van Reenen

Yelovitch

Allan Feuerbach

Zenk

• Robert TowneDirector · Producer · Writer
• David GeffenExecutive Producer
• Michael ChapmanDirector of Photography
• Jill FraserOriginal Music Composer
• Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
• Jacqueline CambasEditor
• Jere HugginsEditor
• Ned HumphreysEditor
• Walt MulconeryEditor
• Bud S. SmithEditor

Personal Best - Trailer

Release date

February 5, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 4m

Rated

R

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$5,700,000

Genres

Drama

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