The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is a 1969 film starring Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn and William Schallert. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company as part of The Last Laughs of the 1960s.
Dexter Reilly Kurt Russell and his friends attend small, private Medfield College, which cannot afford to buy a computer. The students persuade wealthy businessman A.J. Arno Cesar Romero to donate an old computer to the college. Arno is the secret head of a large illegal gambling ring, which used the computer for its operations.While installing a replacement part during a thunderstorm, Reilly receives an electric shock and becomes a human computer. He now has superhuman mathematical talent, can read and remember the contents of an encyclopedia volume in a few minutes, and can speak a language fluently after reading one textbook. His new abilities make Reilly a worldwide celebrity, and Medfields best chance to win a televised quiz tournament with a 100,000 prize. ........
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