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Basic Info
Release: December 31, 1979
Runtime: 23 min
Status: Released

The Emmett Smith Story

1979 23 min
Overview

Emmett Smith, a competitive runner and high school track coach at Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona, is left without a sense of balance after a brain tumor is removed. He is told that he will never run again, but undaunted, he sets and meets a goal of not only regaining the ability to run, but to run 20 consecutive miles before a year has elapsed. Wheelchair-bound Cindy Duncan's determination gets her admitted to Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona after she demonstrates that she will not need special attention. Coach Smith (now at Apollo) challenges her to meet the goal of recovering from her injuries (from being hit by a car) to the extent of being able to walk to the podium at graduation to receive her diploma. He bets that she can do it, and will have to wheel himself in her wheelchair the entire three miles to Cortez H.S. if she succeeds.

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Cast
Michael LaGuardia
Emmett Smith
Jane Milmore
Jane Milmore
Cindy Duncan
Daryle Ann Lindley
Mrs. Smith
Burke Rhind
Mr. Duncan
Thomas Boore
Principal
Carol Kane
Miss Kurtz
Dick Alexander
Bus Driver
Melva Blancett
School Nurse
Crew
Merrill B. Jenson
Music
Chris Conkling
Screenplay
Douglas G. Johnson
Director
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