First Steps
1985Teenage 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.
Acted in
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