Special Olympics (1978)

7.3/10 100 min TV Movie Drama

Overview

A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is intellectually challenged and enrolled in a state school for "special" children where he finds fulfillment in his love of sports, emulating his older, athletic brother.

Cast

Charles Durning

Carl Gallitzin

Irene Tedrow

Elmira Gallitzin

Mare Winningham

Janice Gallitzin

Philip Brown

Michael Gallitzin

Herb Edelman

Doug Ransom

Debra Winger

Sherrie Hensley

Constance McCashin

Trina Cunningham

Mervyn Smith

Merv

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