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The Terry Fox Story is a film of genre Drama directed by Ralph L. Thomas released in USA on 22 may 1983 with Robert Duvall

The Terry Fox Story (1983)

The Terry Fox Story
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Released in USA 22 may 1983
Length 1h37
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating68% 3.4376453.4376453.4376453.4376453.437645

The Terry Fox Story is a 1983 film biopic 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.

The film was produced for HBO in the United States with Canadian co-producers. Although it was also released in Canadian and British theatres, it was the first television film ever made for a cable network.

Synopsis

A la fin des années 70. Terry Fox, un jeune sportif canadien, apprend qu'il est atteint d'une tumeur. Ses ambitions s'effondrent lorsqu'on l'ampute d'une jambe. Durant sa convalescence, il rencontre Rika, une thérapeute qui lui redonnera de l'assurance...

Actors

Robert Duvall

(Bill Vigars)Saul Rubinek

(Dan Grey)Chris Makepeace

(Darrell Fox)Rosalind Chao

(Rika Noda)Matt Craven

(Bob Cady)
And :
Robert Desroches
Karen Racicot
R.H. Thomson
Patrick Watson
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