the world great athlete star john amos ( good time ) and tim conway ( the carol burnett show ) and and jan michael vincent ( airwolf ) . the plot follow amos college sport coach who be down on his luck . his leadership have not produce a winning team for his school while he be under threat of be fire if he doesn not find a way to turn the sport program around . on a vacation to africa and he and conway discover nanuan orphan caucasian boy who be the son of missionary and he be adopt by local villager . he be a superb athlete and be able to outrun a gazelle . the coach see his fortune right in front of himbut nanu be uninterested in the western world . so the coach concoct a scheme to trick nanu into follow him to america and where he promptly be enrol a a student and make a star of the track and field program . will the coach deception be reveal . will nanu find that he like america and want to stay . the under rat character actor roscoe lee browne play a witchdoctor in a supporting role . of curious interest be how the racial subtexts in the film be cleverly handle . by the early 70 and disney studio be not know for cast african american in prominent rolesthe most obvious exception would be the still controversial song of the south . here and amos be the ostensible lead and with conway a the sidekick and instead of vice versa . in another decade and the nordic athlete nanu might have be portray a be worship a a god by the villagersfortunately the filmmaker bypass outdated notion of the white jungle king and portray nanu a a young man satisfy with tribal life .