The Terry Fox Story (1983)
He believed in miracles....because he had to!
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero, who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
- Date of release
- 1983-05-22
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Ralph L. Thomas
Casting
- Eric Fryer — Terry Fox
- Robert Duvall — Bill Vigars
- Chris Makepeace — Darrell Fox
- Elva Mai Hoover — Betty Fox
- Frank Adamson — Rolly Fox
- Michael Zelniker — Doug Alward
- Rosalind Chao — Rika Noda
- Marie McCann — Judith Fox
- Clyde Rose — Fisherman
- Matt Craven — Bob Cady
- Jeremy Brown — M.C. Nathan Phillips Square
- Sheldon Rybowski — Gogi
Interesting facts
- Budget: $2.4M
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
The Terry Fox Story is a 1983 Canadian-American biographical film of Canadian amputee and runner Terry Fox. It was written by Howard Hume, John Kastner and Rose Kastner, and directed by Ralph L. Thomas. The film stars Eric Fryer as Fox, Chris Makepeace as his brother Darrell, and Robert Duvall as Fox's publicist, Bill Vigars. The cast also includes Rosalind Chao, R. H. Thomson, Elva Mai Hoover, Michael Zelniker, Saul Rubinek and Patrick Watson.
Production
The film was shot from August 23, 1982, to October 14, 1982, on a budget of $2,400,000 (equivalent to $7,178,142 in 2025).
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