First Steps
Brief Synopsis
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This is a based-on-fact chronicle, initially the subject of a "60 Minutes" report, about an Ohio bio-engineer and the pretty 23-year-old paraplegic who, through the doctor's pioneering efforts with computer electrodes, successfully walks the ten steps to get her college diploma at her graduation in
Cast & Crew
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Sheldon Larry
Director
James Sikking
Lucinda Jenney
Ann Dowd
Judd Hirsch
Alan Ruck
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1985
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
This is a based-on-fact chronicle, initially the subject of a "60 Minutes" report, about an Ohio bio-engineer and the pretty 23-year-old paraplegic who, through the doctor's pioneering efforts with computer electrodes, successfully walks the ten steps to get her college diploma at her graduation in 1978.
Director
Sheldon Larry
Director
Cast
James Sikking
Lucinda Jenney
Ann Dowd
Judd Hirsch
Alan Ruck
Richard Baird
Linda Kimbrough
John Mahoney
Megan Mullally
Thomas Dowen
Juan Ramirez
Todd Cerveris
Colin Lane
Amy Steel
Nan Davis
Rebecca Cole
Bruce A Young
Billy Campbell
Jerome Landfield
Alan Wilder
Del Close
John Pankow
Anthony Starke
Kim Darby
Nancy Serlin
Frances Lee Mccain
Gerry Becker
Janice St John
Molly Hagen
David Packer
Bonnie Sue Arp
Ezella Barner
Allen Hamilton
Gary Cole
Mattie Shaw
Ned Schmidtke
Dawn Arneman
Lance Edwards
Phil Donahue
Himself
Rick Snyder
Will Zahrn
David Darlow
Crew
Rod Browning
Screenplay
Ellis Avrum Cohen
Producer
Nan Davis
Technical Advisor
Andrew Gottlieb
Supervising Producer
Debra Hendershot
Technical Advisor
Albert Heschong
Art Director
Bill Pellak
Sound Mixer
Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
Technical Advisor
Jack Richards
Director Of Photography
Leonard Rosenman
Music
Benjamin A Weissman
Editor
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1985
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Aired in United States March 19, 1985
