Bill (1981)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 22, 1981Release Date
Plot.
Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city institution. He is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love and be loved for the first time in his life.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Mickey Rooney
Bill Sackter
Dennis Quaid
Barry Morrow
Largo Woodruff
Beverly Morrow
Anna Maria Horsford
Ms. Marge Keating
Harry Goz
Dr. Tom Walz
Kathleen Maguire
Mrs. Florence Archer
William J. Daprato
Ray
Raymond Serra
Harry
Jenny Rebecca Dweir
Amy Hill
George Hamlin
Robert Morrow
Breon Gorman
Children's Teacher
Anthony Page
Director
Katherine Balfour
Mrs. Morrow
Corey Blechman
Writer
Cordis Heard
Arlene
Barry Morrow
Writer
Harriet Rogers
Mae
Lotte Palfi Andor
Ida Miller
Mel Stuart
Producer
Phil Oxnam
Dr. Riis
William Kraft
Composer
William G. Schilling
Prof. Rush
Mike Fash
Cinematographer
John Ridge
Santa Claus
George B. Hively
Editor
Philip Levy
Mugger
Howard Feuer
CastingDirector
John Eric Bentley
Cop
Jeremy Ritzer
CastingDirector
Billy Stulberg
Bartender
Randy Stone
CastingDirector
John Towey
Denby
Ron Faber
Jenkins
Tony Turco
Dr. Peters
Steve Levitt
Student
Carrick Glenn
Coed
Bill Winkler
Intern
Laurie Robyn
Girl on Santa's Knee
Alan Landsburg
Executive Producer
Bernard Sofronski
Executive Producer
George Hively
Editor
G. Alicon
Art Direction
Details.
Wiki.
Bill is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical drama film starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid based on the life of Bill Sackter. The film was broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1981.
A sequel, Bill: On His Own, was released in 1983. Writer/filmmaker Barry Morrow, portrayed in the film by Dennis Quaid, based the story on his life experiences with Sackter, and later became his legal guardian. Sackter, who did not have autism, would also serve as a partial inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt in Morrow's early draft screenplay for the 1988 film Rain Man.
