Skyward
A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.
November 20, 1980
100 min
NR
✓ Released 16583 days ago
Drama
Family
TV Movie
6.9
User Score
5 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Ron Howard
Runtime: 100 min
Top Cast
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