Personal Best

Feb 5, 1982

2h 4m

★ 5.8

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Geffen Pictures

Personal Best Trailers

Cast

Chris Cahill

Mariel Hemingway

Tory Skinner

Patrice Donnelly

Terry Tingloff

Scott Glenn

Denny Stites

Kenny Moore

Roscoe Travis

Jim Moody

Penny Brill

Kari G. Peyton

Nadia "Pooch" Anderson

Jodi Anderson

Tanya

Maren Seidler

Sheila

Martha Watson

Maureen

Emily Dole

Jan

Pam Spencer

Trish

Deby Laplante

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