Skyward
(1980)

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

Released: 1980-11-20

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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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Bette Davis

as Billie Dupree

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Howard Hesseman

as Koup Trenton

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Suzy Barbieri

as Julie Ward

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Marion Ross

as Natalie Ward

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Clu Gulager

as Steve Ward

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Ben Marley

as Scott Billings

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Lisa Whelchel

as Lisa Ward

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Irma P. Hall

as Mrs. Sinclair

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Greta Blackburn

as Miss Russell

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Jeff Nicholson

as Theatre Usher

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Ron Howard

Executive Producer

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Anson Williams

Executive Producer

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Lee Holdridge

Original Music Composer

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Robert C. Jessup

Director of Photography

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Jack Marty

Art Direction

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Lynn Decker

Hairstylist

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Gene Hilda

Makeup Artist

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Jimi White

Makeup Artist

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Norm Gray

Unit Production Manager

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Thomas Herod Jr.

Unit Production Manager

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Daniel Attias

Second Assistant Director

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Thomas Herod Jr.

Second Assistant Director

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Craig Huston

First Assistant Director

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