Skyward

Skyward

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

1980 en 100 minutes

Rating: 6.9

Plot

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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Cast

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Billie Dupree

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Koup Trenton

Suzy Barbieri

Suzy Barbieri

Julie Ward

Marion Ross

Marion Ross

Natalie Ward

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Steve Ward

Ben Marley

Ben Marley

Scott Billings

Lisa Whelchel

Lisa Whelchel

Lisa Ward

Irma P. Hall

Irma P. Hall

Mrs. Sinclair

Mark Wheeler

Mark Wheeler

Mr. Olsen

Jessie Lee Fulton

Jessie Lee Fulton

Secretary

Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman

Pilot #1

Rance Howard

Rance Howard

Pilot #2

Rhonda Minton

Rhonda Minton

Stephanie

Gene Pietragallo

Gene Pietragallo

Jason

Greta Blackburn

Greta Blackburn

Miss Russell

Jeff Nicholson

Jeff Nicholson

Theatre Usher

Kate Finlayson

Kate Finlayson

Nurse

Rusty McCaskey

Rusty McCaskey

Boy in Class

Bill Blackwood

Bill Blackwood

Self

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