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First Steps

8.0 96 mins Drama   1985
CBS  
Director(s): Sheldon Larry

Release Date: 19 Tue, Mar 1985

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.

Casts of First Steps

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

Alan Ruck

as Dave

Janice St. John

as Naomi

Megan Mullally

as Cathy

Gary Cole

as Manny

John Mahoney

as '60 Minutes' Producer

Phil Donahue

as Self

Ann Dowd

as Debby

Lance Edwards

as Don

Dawn Arnemann

as Deb

Todd Cerveris

as John

Molly Hagan

as Pam

Bruce A. Young

as Leon

Bonnie Sue Arp

as Tammy

Juan Ramírez

as Jose

Linda Kimbrough

as Phoebe

Bill Blair

as News Reporter

Terry Nemeroff

as News Reporter

George Barrow

as Bit

Randy Wintory

as Ambulance Attendant

Peggy Roeder

as Jewlery Clerk

Hillary Wolf

as Missy (Age 7)

Jessica Schmidt

as Missy (Age 3)

Richard Baird

as Talk Show Host

Alan Wilder

as Jaded Newsman

Nancy Serlin

as Reporter #3

Rick Snyder

as Reporter #1

Rebecca Cole

as Reporter #2

Gerry Becker

as Man at Hotel

Mattie Shaw

as Mary Frances

Ezella Barner

as Jane Simonson

Thomas Bowen

as Timothy Bowen

Nan Davis

as Loretta Kramer

Phil Donahue

as Phil Donahue

Jerome Landfield

as Dr. Kegerreis

Billy Campbell

as Dwayne

David Darlow

as Surgeon

Will Zahrn

as E.R Doctor

Colin Lane

as Patrick Delmont

Anthony Starke

as Dean Conroy

Del Close

as Zoologist

Allen Hamilton

as Dr. Barrett

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