Skyward (film)

Skyward
Genre	Drama
Written by	Nancy Sackett
Story by	Anson Williams
Directed by	Ron Howard
Starring	Bette Davis Howard Hesseman Marion Ross Clu Gulager Lisa Whelchel Suzy Gilstrap
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anson Williams Ron Howard
Producer(s)	John A. Kuri
Cinematography	Robert Jessup
Editor(s)	Robert Kern Jr.
Running time	100 minutes
Production company(s)	Anson Productions Major H Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	November 20, 1980 (1980-11-20)

Skyward is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film starring Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross, Suzy Gilstrap, Clu Gulager and Lisa Whelchel. It was directed by Ron Howard, written by Nancy Sackett and broadcast on NBC on November 20, 1980.^[1][2]

Plot

Bette Davis stars as 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. Davis teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Howard Hesseman is an aircraft repair service mechanic 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
• Marion Ross as Natalie Ward
• Clu Gulager as Steve Ward
• Ben Marley as Scott Billings
• Lisa Whelchel as Lisa Ward
• Suzy Gilstrap as Julie Ward
• Irma P. Hall as Mrs. Sinclair
• Mark Wheeler as Mr. Olsen
• Jessie Lee Fulton as Secretary
• Bill Thurman as Pilot #1
• Rance Howard as Pilot #2
• Rhonda Minton as Stephanie
• Gene Pietragallo as Jason
• Greta Blackburn as Miss Russell
• Jeff Nicholson as Theatre Usher
• Kate Finlayson as Nurse
• Rusty McCaskey as Boy in Class
• Bill Blackwood as himself

References

External links

• Skyward at the Internet Movie Database