Skyward (1980)
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.
- Released
- 1980-11-20
- Genres
- Drama, Family, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ron Howard
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Bette Davis as Billie Dupree
- Howard Hesseman as Koup Trenton
- Suzy Barbieri as Julie Ward
- Marion Ross as Natalie Ward
- Clu Gulager as Steve Ward
- Ben Marley as Scott Billings
- Lisa Whelchel as Lisa Ward
- Irma P. Hall as Mrs. Sinclair
- Mark Wheeler as Mr. Olsen
- Jessie Lee Fulton as Secretary
- Bill Thurman as Pilot #1
- Rance Howard as Pilot #2
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