Landon would carry on though, and in early 1981 filming finally wrapped up. It would debut in theatres in the fall of that year against some heavy competition as it turned out.

 

"It opened against the night of the World Series and the head of publicity at MGM got fired," noted Landon, who set off, along with the other stars of the film, to promote the film.

"We had to do publicity and travel all across the country to be interviewed by the press. We were put up in the most amazing hotels. We would fly to two or three different states in one day."

 

The biggest highlight for Landon while touring to promote the film came when she appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

 

"They brought me into The Tonight Show and interviewed me. They said that all I did was make them laugh their heads off. I was on with Dudley Moore and I picked him up because Johnny Carson said 'Can you do any wrestling moves?' I said 'Sure, stand up' and everybody started laughing in the audience. I said 'Let me show you some moves' and he grabbed himself and said 'Oh no, I got an old war injury.' So I grabbed Dudley Moore instead and lifted him up, spun him around, carried him off the stage and dropped him on his butt. This was all improvised and everybody laughed."

 

But there was a minor drawback for Landon while she trotted around the country for the movie.

 

"I was terrified to fly. I sat in the back of the plane because planes don't back into mountains. Peter Falk always sat in the back with me because he was terrified to fly as well."

 

She also struggled with another fear; seeing herself on screen. Initially avoiding early screenings of the film, it was only a matter of time before Landon would have to watch her performance in the movie, with an accompanying audience no less.

 

"I was just terrified to see myself on screen, but a lot of actors are like that way," Landon said. "They screened it at the academy for all the producers and directors and I had to attend that. I could hardly look at the screen I was so embarrassed and scared."

 

If there was one consistent accolade that Frederick and Landon received, it was their convincing in-ring performances. Time and time again they were greeted by awestruck industry people and members of the press.

 

"Everybody thought it was fantastic and nobody could believe we did our own stunts (wrestling). None of the press could believe that we did our own wrestling. They knew we did it but they said they had never seen anything like it before in their lives."

 

Whatever insecurities Landon had about her future in the business were dashed when offers started flooding in. But with those opportunities would often come with a condition that she would not budge on.

 

"I started getting offers left and right, movies with nudity. I turned them all down. My agent encouraged me to do the movies where I would be nude or topless. But I said I could not and would not do it. Playboy offered me a fortune when All The Marbles was coming out. I couldn't make that kind of money in two years. But I said I would do it if I kept my clothes on. I said I'll wear lingerie and we bantered."

 

Neither side would relent, and Landon never did pose nude. But she did get some offers from the world of professional wrestling.

 

"I did get offers to wrestle, but I didn't want to pigeonhold myself into being associated with wrestling all my life. I wanted to do other parts. Matt Cimber, who directed me in Hundra, started GLOW - Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling. He wanted me to be a part of the wrestling series, but I declined. He found some blonde (Jane Hamlin) who looked like me and caller her The California Doll."

 

But All The Marbles did provide her the opportunity to take on others roles that did not involve her removing her clothes or performing flying drop kicks. She would go on to play a variety of roles, some of which would cater to her athleticism.

 

"It was pretty vital in the sense that I got a lot of movie roles that entailed a lot of physicality. For instance, Hundra, a movie I shot in Spain where I played a female Conan, I did all the stunts in that movie except for one - it was falling backwards from a 180-foot tower and I was very excited to do that stunt, but the director would not let me."