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Medfield College science major Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) and his classmates have been working on a new compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box! After breakfast the next morning, Dexter is transformed, possessing a superhuman strength that levels lampposts and destroys doorknobs. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events. Ultimate control of the moneymaking formula rides on a weight lifting match between the pitifully small Medfield team and the superior State challengers. It's a mixture of fun, comedy, and adventure that will have everyone exploding with laughter!|Medfield College science student Dexter Riley eats a of cereal accidentally containing a compound he has been working on. He develops superhuman strength, which he mistakenly attributes to a formula devised by a fellow student. Two cereal companies compete for ownership of the secret ingredient and back a weight-lifting contest between Medfield and rival State College. Medfield is losing badly when Dexter realizes his compound, not the other student's, is the secret to his strength, and he leads his team to victory.|The movie was Joe Flynn's last on-screen appearance. A Disney regular, he appeared in the films IE THE LOVE BUG, THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES, and NOW YOU SEE HIM, NOW YOU DON'T, among others, and was the voice of Mr. Snoops in the 1975 flick THE RESCUERS, released two years after his death.|The Animation Building on the Disney Studio lot in Burbank served as the main building of Medfield College. Location shooting was done in Chinatown, Griffith Park, Echo Park, and the federal penitentiary, all in Los Angeles.