Themes: Living With Disability, Crumbling Marriages, Suicide
Main Cast: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery, Nan Martin, William Bryant
Release Year: 1975
Country: US
Run Time: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A woman struggles to rebuild her life after a devastating accident in this drama based on the true story of Jill Kinmont. Kinmont (played by Marilyn Hassett) was a top ranked amateur downhill skier who seemed assured of a place on the 1956 Olympic team. But while racing in Utah's Snow Cup competition, Kinmont suffered a serious fall from a mountain that left her paralyzed from the shoulders down. Kinmont became severely depressed; her career as an athlete was over, and her fiancée, who couldn't deal with the emotional toll of her accident, left her. But when she met pilot Dick Buek (Beau Bridges), she found both love and a new inspiration to make a career for herself as a teacher. But Kinmont discovered she still had more mountains to climb when Buek died in the crash of a small plane. Marilyn Hassett won a Golden Globe award for her performance as Jill Kinmont, and she reprised the role in a sequel two years later. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Dabney Coleman - Dave McCoy; Bill Vint - Buddy Werner; Hampton Fancher - Lee Zadroga; William Roerick - Dr. Pittman; Dori Brenner - Cookie; Walter Brooke - Dean; Jocelyn Jones - Linda Meyers; Greg Mabrey - Bob Kinmont; Tony Becker - Jerry Kinmont; Griffin Dunne - Herbie Johnson; Warren Miller - Dr. Enders; Robin Pepper - Skeeter Werner; Brad Savage - Boy in Wheelchair; David Garfield - CRC Patient; Kenneth Dorsey - CRC Patient; William Johnson - CRC Patient; Frank Foeldi - CRC Patient; Frank Willis - CRC Patient; William Woolard - CRC Patient; Jack Ross Sharp - CRC Patient; Richard Malone - CRC Patient; Michael Murdock - CRC Patient; Samuel Dwyer - CRC Patients; John Perell - Ambulance Driver; Terri Hall - Ambulance Attendant; Bruce Dennis Cosbey - Head of Ski Patrol; Sharri Zak - Nurse; Dick Winslow - Man In Car; Peter Canon - Therapist; Don Newsome - Therapist; Charlene Jones - Therapist; John Zaccaro
Credit
Grady Hunt - Costume Designer, Ken Swor - First Assistant Director, Larry Peerce - Director, Max Kleven - Second Unit Director, Eve Newman - Editor, Charles Fox - Composer (Music Score), Olivia Newton-John - Songwriter, Charles Fox - Songwriter, Norman Gimbel - Songwriter, David M. Walsh - Cinematographer, Ed Feldman - Producer, Phillip Abramson - Set Designer, Richard Overton - Sound/Sound Designer, Max Kleven - Stunts Coordinator, David Seltzer - Screenwriter, E.G. Valens - Book Author
