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Directed by | Robert Clouse |
Screenplay by | Charles Robert Carner |
Based on | The Terrible Game by Dan Tyler Moore |
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Cinematography | Godfrey A. Godar |
Edited by | Robert A. Ferretti |
Music by | Alfi Kabiljo |
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Distributed by | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Language | English |
Box office | $5.7 million |
Gymkata is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse, based on Dan Tyler Moore's 1957 novel The Terrible Game. It stars Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas as Jonathan Cabot, an Olympic gymnast who combines his gymnastic ability with martial arts to enter a deadly competition in a fictional country, Parmistan. Supporting cast members includes Tetchie Agbayani as Princess Rubali, alongside Richard Norton, Edward Bell, John Barrett, Conan Lee, Bob Schott and Buck Kartalian.
The film was released in the United States on May 3, 1985.