The Emmett Smith Story (1979)
23m
Running Time
December 31, 1979Release Date
The Emmett Smith Story (1979)
23m
Running Time
December 31, 1979Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.

Michael LaGuardia
Emmett Smith

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

Shane Nelson
Set Decoration

Peter G. Czerny
Editor

Donald W. Fisk
Sound

Merrill Jenson
Composer

W. Grant Williams
Gaffer

Reed Smoot
Director of Photography

Merrill B. Jenson
Music

Michael Amundsen
Assistant Director

Roger Crandall
Grip

Stan Wadley
Grip

Michael Schroeder
Production Manager

Michael L. McDonough
Sound

Deborah Goppert
Production Office Assistant

Cindy Duncan
Technical Supervisor

Emmett Smith
Technical Supervisor

Chris Conkling
Screenplay
Details.
Release DateDecember 31, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time23m
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This Movie Is About.
rehabilitation
graduation
coach
handicap
track and field
determination