Skyward

Skyward (1980)

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

Drama Family TV Movie

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.

star 7 7.1
  • Release Date: 1980-11-20
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: Ron Howard

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Cast

  • Bette Davis

    Billie Dupree

  • Howard Hesseman

    Koup Trenton

  • Suzy Barbieri

    Julie Ward

  • Marion Ross

    Natalie Ward

  • Clu Gulager

    Steve Ward

  • Ben Marley

    Scott Billings

  • Lisa Whelchel

    Lisa Ward

  • Irma P. Hall

    Mrs. Sinclair

  • Mark Wheeler

    Mr. Olsen

  • Jessie Lee Fulton

    Secretary

  • Bill Thurman

    Pilot #1

  • Rance Howard

    Pilot #2

  • Rhonda Minton

    Stephanie

  • Gene Pietragallo

    Jason

  • Greta Blackburn

    Miss Russell

  • Jeff Nicholson

    Theatre Usher

  • Kate Finlayson

    Nurse

  • Rusty McCaskey

    Boy in Class

  • Bill Blackwood

    Self

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