Movie Description
Skyward
(1980)Overview
Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ron Howard
- Producer : John A. Kuri
- Writer : Nancy Sackett
- Editor : Robert James Kern
- Cast : Bette Davis,Howard Hesseman,Suzy Barbieri,Marion Ross,Clu Gulager,Ben Marley,Lisa Whelchel,Irma P. Hall,Mark Wheeler,Jessie Lee Fulton,Bill Thurman,Rance Howard,Rhonda Minton,Gene Pietragallo,Greta Blackburn,Jeff Nicholson,Kate Finlayson,Rusty McCaskey,Bill Blackwood
Cast
Billie Dupree
Koup Trenton
Julie Ward
Natalie Ward
Steve Ward
Scott Billings
Lisa Ward
Mrs. Sinclair
Mr. Olsen
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Facts
Original TitleSkyward
Status Released
Release Information
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1980-11-20
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 40m
Production CompaniesAnson Productions,Major H Productions
Genres
- Drama
- Family
- TV Movie
