‘Oh, I’m Popeye the Sailor Man!’ Most people know Popeye as a tough, spinach-eating sailor, a cartoon character created ... His girlfriend is the gangly, uncoordinated Olive Oyl, for whose attention ...
The comic strip adaptation Popeye hit theaters in December 1980. Directed by Robert Altman, it starred Robin Williams as the iconic spinach-eating titular hero and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.