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IMDb link: 0079012
IMDb rating: 6 (111 votes)
Genres: Drama, Sport
Director: John Ireland, John Trent, John Trent
Cast: Kate Reid, Kim Cattrall, Brent Carver and others

Release date: 21 Jul 1979
Release year: 1979
Runtime: 78 minutes
Country: Canada
Keywords: track and field, high jump, disabled athlete, athlete, amputee, based on true story

Plot:

The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, has been described as a tear-jerker.

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