First Steps (1985)
Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new research by Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, about using external electric stimulations to enable paralyzed people to use their frozen muscles. She enters the research as a test subject and gets her reward when she walks up to receive her college diploma.
- Date of release
- 1985-03-19
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sheldon Larry
Casting
- Amy Steel — Nan Davis
- Judd Hirsch — Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
- Kim Darby — Sherry Petrofsky
- Darlene Dotto — Reporter
- Frances Lee McCain — Louise Davis
- John Pankow — Fred
- James B. Sikking — Jim Davis
- David Packer — Brian
- Ned Schmidtke — Dr. Chandler Phillips
- Lucinda Jenney — Carolyn
- Alan Ruck — Dave
- Janice St. John — Naomi
Interesting facts
First Steps is a 1985 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Rod Browning and starring Amy Steel, Judd Hirsch and Kim Darby. The film is based on a series of segments from 60 Minutes.
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