First Steps
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First Steps

★ 8.0/10 TMDB 1985-03-19 96 min

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.

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Amy Steel
Amy Steel
Nan Davis
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch
Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
Kim Darby
Kim Darby
Sherry Petrofsky
Darlene Dotto
Reporter
Frances Lee McCain
Frances Lee McCain
Louise Davis
John Pankow
John Pankow
Fred
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
Jim Davis
David Packer
David Packer
Brian
Ned Schmidtke
Ned Schmidtke
Dr. Chandler Phillips
Lucinda Jenney
Lucinda Jenney
Carolyn
Alan Ruck
Alan Ruck
Dave
Janice St. John
Naomi
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