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A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.
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.
Bette Davis
Billie Dupree
Howard Hesseman
Koup Trenton
Suzy Barbieri
Julie Ward
Marion Ross
Natalie Ward
Clu Gulager
Steve Ward
Ben Marley
Scott Billings
Lisa Whelchel
Lisa Ward
Irma P. Hall
Mrs. Sinclair
Jessie Lee Fulton
Secretary
Bill Thurman
Pilot #1
Rance Howard
Pilot #2
Greta Blackburn
Miss Russell
Ron Howard
Director
Craig Huston
First Assistant Director
Dan Attias
Second Assistant Director
Anson Williams
Executive Producer
Ron Howard
Executive Producer
Michael Phillips
Location Manager
Cheryl Howard
Producer's Assistant
Lee Holdridge
Original Music Composer
Anson Williams
Story
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Anna's Dream
I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
The Fundamentals of Caring
The One-Armed Swordsman
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Stella Maris
Ride Above
Seeing Hands
Father's Day
Andaaz
Your Friend
Bambina
Frankenstein Created Robyn
Muscle Grandpa
To the Moon
Espina
Incondicional
The Primrose Ring
Fish Out Of Water
I Believe
Hilda and the Mountain King
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
Skater Girl
Anne of Green Gables
The Perfect Game
Tru Confessions
Twitches Too
The Color of Friendship
Black Beauty
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Hunt for the Golden Dragon
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong
The Secret Garden
The Boy Who Could Fly
Mansfield Park
Double Teamed!
A Second Chance
How Sarah Got Her Wings
Nov 20, 1980
NBC
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