Skyward (1980)

ALL 11/20/1980 (en) Drama, Family, TV Movie 100 Min
  • Release
    11/20/1980
  • Production
    Anson Productions, Major H Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Skyward
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.

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.

  1. Ron Howard

    Director

  2. John A. Kuri

    Producer



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  1. Bette Davis

    Billie Dupree

  2. Howard Hesseman

    Koup Trenton

  3. Suzy Barbieri

    Julie Ward

  4. Marion Ross

    Natalie Ward

  5. Clu Gulager

    Steve Ward

  6. Ben Marley

    Scott Billings

  7. Lisa Whelchel

    Lisa Ward

  8. Irma P. Hall

    Mrs. Sinclair

  9. Mark Wheeler

    Mr. Olsen

  10. Jessie Lee Fulton

    Secretary

  11. Bill Thurman

    Pilot #1

  12. Rance Howard

    Pilot #2

  13. Rhonda Minton

    Stephanie

  14. Gene Pietragallo

    Jason

  15. Greta Blackburn

    Miss Russell

  16. Jeff Nicholson

    Theatre Usher

  17. Kate Finlayson

    Nurse

  18. Rusty McCaskey

    Boy in Class

  19. Bill Blackwood

    Self

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 19 , Crews : 42

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Skyward (1980) 100 Min

ALL 11/20/1980 (en)
Drama, Family, TV Movie
  • Release 11/20/1980
  • Production
    Anson Productions, Major H Productions
  • Original title Skyward
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.

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.

  1. Ron Howard

    Director

  2. Anson Williams

    Story

  3. Robert James Kern

    Editor

  4. John A. Kuri

    Producer