Challenge of a Lifetime
6.3
Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.
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Penny Marshall
Nora Schoonover
Known for
Laverne & Shirley
The Odd Couple
Richard Gilliland
Will Brodsky
Known for
Star Kid
Imposters
Jonathan Silverman
Steven Schoonover
Known for
Weekend at Bernie's
Good Girls
Mary Woronov
Mary Garritee
Known for
The House of the Devil
Death Race 2000
Paul Gleason
John Schoonover
Known for
Die Hard
The Breakfast Club
James Bergeson
Donald Turnquist
No other roles listed
Bart Conner
Known for
Rad
Nancy Hogshead-Makar
Cathy Rigby
Known for
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars
Dave Scott
Also in
Future Zone
The P.A.C.K.
Mark Spitz
Also in
American Dad!
Emergency!
Jim Lampley
Announcer
Also in
Rocky Balboa
Zombie Strippers!
Russ Mayberry Director · Sally Robinson Writer Héctor R. Figueroa Cinematographer
United States release February 14, 1985 · Produced in United States · Production Moonlight Productions
Production
ABC
Production
Moonlight Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 14, 1985
TV · ABC
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