First Steps

Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new research by Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, about using external electric stimulations to enable paralyzed people to use their frozen muscles. She enters the research as a test subject and gets her reward when she walks up to receive her college diploma.

Cast

Amy Steel

as Nan Davis

Judd Hirsch

as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky

Kim Darby

as Sherry Petrofsky

Darlene Dotto

as Reporter

Frances Lee McCain

as Louise Davis

John Pankow

as Fred

James B. Sikking

as Jim Davis

David Packer

as Brian

Ned Schmidtke

as Dr. Chandler Phillips

Lucinda Jenney

as Carolyn

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