Released:
1980-11-20

Overview:
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.

Director:
Ron Howard

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Drama, Family, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Bette Davis
  as
  Billie Dupree
• 
  Howard Hesseman
  as
  Koup Trenton
• 
  Suzy Barbieri
  as
  Julie Ward
• 
  Marion Ross
  as
  Natalie Ward
• 
  Clu Gulager
  as
  Steve Ward