Skyward
7.0
“A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.”
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.
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2 films
Cast
19 people
Bette Davis
Billie Dupree
Known for
All About Eve
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Howard Hesseman
Koup Trenton
Known for
About Schmidt
WKRP in Cincinnati
Suzy Barbieri
Julie Ward
Also in
Little House on the Prairie
Shadow Chasers
Marion Ross
Natalie Ward
Known for
Happy Days
Superhero Movie
Clu Gulager
Steve Ward
Known for
The Return of the Living Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Ben Marley
Scott Billings
Known for
From the Earth to the Moon
Bloody Birthday
Lisa Whelchel
Lisa Ward
Known for
The Facts of Life
A Snow Capped Christmas
Irma P. Hall
Mrs. Sinclair
Known for
The Ladykillers
Collateral
Mark Wheeler
Mr. Olsen
Known for
The Conversation
Backdraft
Jessie Lee Fulton
Secretary
Known for
Paper Moon
Don't Look in the Basement
Bill Thurman
Pilot #1
Known for
The Last Picture Show
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
Rance Howard
Pilot #2
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Nebraska
Ron Howard Director · Nancy Sackett Writer Anson Williams Story
United States release November 20, 1980 · Produced in United States · Production Major H Productions
Production
Anson Productions
Production
Major H Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 20, 1980
TV · NBC
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