Movie: The Emmett Smith Story

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Michael LaGuardia
Michael LaGuardia

Emmett Smith

Jane Milmore
Jane Milmore

Cindy Duncan

Daryle Ann Lindley
Daryle Ann Lindley

Mrs. Smith

Burke Rhind
Burke Rhind

Mr. Duncan

Thomas Boore
Thomas Boore

Principal

Carol Kane
Carol Kane

Miss Kurtz

Dick Alexander
Dick Alexander

Bus Driver

Melva Blancett
Melva Blancett

School Nurse

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    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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    1979-12-31

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