The Greatest Man in the World

TV Movie
1980
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51m

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This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fu... Read allThis version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.

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michaeljcarey, thanks for making those corrections to the cast and characters of The Greatest Man in the World. I read the first comment (Smidgeon-as-Smurch)and was momentarily befuddled; having seen this movie when it was originally on TV, I remember very well Brad Davis's performance as the non-PC hero Smurch.

I was happy to find this on Netflix...it's just as funny 28 years later! Today, of course, his transgressions of drinking, having a girlfriend, and coming from the wrong background may not even considered transgressions,and would probably be given a positive spin in the tabloids and other press.

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Ames Herbert: Mrs. Smurch, as a mother, how does it feel to know that your boy may pass away any time in the next few days, and may in fact already be dead?
Emma Smurch: To Hell with him, I hope he drowns!