Main Cast: Michael Nouri, Betty Carvalho, Pam Dawber, Mark Joy, Noble Willingham
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
Plot
This is the true story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer (Michael Nouri). At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy marriage and public adulation. Then in 1977, Charlie is diagnosed as suffering from ALS, a degenerative neurological ailment better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Given only one year to live, Charlie determines to continue leading his Los Gatos Wildcats to a state championship -- which he eventually does, despite losing all powers of speech and movement. Several notches above the usual "disease of the week" TV movie, Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story was directed by Roy Campanella II -- himself the son of a physically disabled pro athlete, baseball star Roy Campanella. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Betty Carvalho - Ruth Wedemeyer; Pam Dawber - Lucy Wedemeyer; Mark Joy - Dr. Aronson; Noble Willingham - Ted Simonsen; Robert Apisa - Kahuna; Peter Berg - Bobby; Amelia Burnette - Young Carrie; Kyle Chandler - Skinner; Stephen Dorff; Jack Hallett - Intern #2; James Handy; J. Michael Hunter - Larry Ames; Reginald VelJohnson; Howard Kingkade - Paramedic #3; Dan Lauria; Bess Meyer; Richard Olsen - Mayor Lochner; Gracie Harrison; Jim Grimshaw - Jim Finholt; Diana Taylor - Nurse Seeley; Sherry Willey - Nurse Linda
Credit
Roy Campanella II - Director, Don Davis - Composer (Music Score), Barry Morrow - Screenwriter
