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Skyward

1980 • 1h40m Drama, Family, TV Movie

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Ron Howard

Screenplay

Nancy Sackett

Cast

Bette Davis

Howard Hesseman

Suzy Barbieri

Release date

11/20/1980

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

5