The Emmett Smith Story (1979)


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23min | Dec 31, 1979 | Released

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 (9 Members)


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Michael LaGuardia

Emmett Smith

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Jane Milmore

Cindy Duncan

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Burke Rhind

Mr. Duncan

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Jane Milmore

Cindy Duncan

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Dick Alexander

Bus Driver

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Thomas Boore

Principal

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Carol Kane

Miss Kurtz

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Melva Blancett

School Nurse

Profile Michael LaGuardia Emmett Smith
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Crew (14 Members)


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Reed Smoot

Director of Photography

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Michael Schroeder

Production Manager

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Shane Nelson

Set Decoration

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Michael Amundsen

Assistant Director

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Cindy Duncan

Technical Supervisor

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Deborah Goppert

Production Office Assistant

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Emmett Smith

Technical Supervisor

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