Skyward
movie
A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.
Released November 20, 1980
Overview
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.
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
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Mark Wheeler
as
Mr. Olsen
Jessie Lee Fulton
as
Secretary
Bill Thurman
as
Pilot #1
Rance Howard
as
Pilot #2
Crew
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Robert James Kern
as
Editor
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Shirley Abrams
as
Local Casting
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Thomas Herod Jr.
as
Second Assistant Director
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Philip Sloan
as
Dolly Grip
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Michael Phillips
as
Location Manager
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Peggy Shannon
as
Hairstylist
Daniel Attias
as
Second Assistant Director
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Jack Bennett
as
Special Effects
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Daniel P. Hanley
as
Assistant Editor
Lee Holdridge
as
Original Music Composer
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Robert Wald
as
Sound Mixer
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Robert Driskell
as
Gaffer