Downhill Willie

Downhill Willie

86 mins | Comedy, Romance | Nov. 15, 1996

Willie is a young man who has everything that he wants. He lives on a mountain, goes skiing whenever he wants and has a simple job working for an old man. But when the old man’s business is threatened, Willie signs up for the first Kamikaze run, a downhill skiing race where only the very best and craziest person will win. And Willie is a little bit crazy, only he doesn’t know it or care. In the competition, he meets a young woman named Annie, whom he falls a little bit in love with, but Willie also needs to fend off the schemes of Spider Bolton, a man who will do whatever it takes to win.

Downhill Willie

86 mins | Comedy, Romance | Nov. 15, 1996

Downhill Willie
Willie is a young man who has everything that he wants. He lives on a mountain, goes skiing whenever he wants and has a simple job working for an old man. But when the old man’s business is threatened, Willie signs up for the first Kamikaze run, a downhill skiing race where only the very best and craziest person will win. And Willie is a little bit crazy, only he doesn’t know it or care. In the competition, he meets a young woman named Annie, whom he falls a little bit in love with, but Willie also needs to fend off the schemes of Spider Bolton, a man who will do whatever it takes to win.
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers Cinépix Film Properties (CFP), Ski Nuts Productions, ltd
Original title Downhill Willie
Directors David Mitchell
Writers Michael Paseornek, John Dunning

Cast

Keith Coogan

as Willie Jones

Staci Keanan

as Annie Meyers

Lochlyn Munro

as Spider Bolton

Fred Stoller

as Mel Horner

Estelle Harris

as Mama Saxer

Lee Reherman

as Hans Saxer

Andrew Airlie

as Jack Murphy

Jacques Lalonde

as Guy Lebeau

Dean Mckenzie

as Half-Pipe

Philip Maurice Hayes

as Kelly Burns

April Telek

as Samantha

Tom Heaton

as Jake

Ken Kramer

as Mr. Grimble