Special Olympics

Special Olympics

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Feb. 22, 1978

A single father with three teenaged children struggles to keep his family together. One of them is intellectually disabled. The father enrolls him in a special state-run school, where the boy develops a love for sports.

Special Olympics

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Feb. 22, 1978

Special Olympics
A single father with three teenaged children struggles to keep his family together. One of them is intellectually disabled. The father enrolls him in a special state-run school, where the boy develops a love for sports.
Producers EMI Films, Roger Gimbel Productions
Original title Special Olympics
Directors Lee Philips
Writers John Sacret Young

Cast

Charles Durning

as Carl Gallitzin

Mare Winningham

as Janice Gallitzin

Debra Winger

as Sherrie Hensley

Herb Edelman

as Doug Ransom

Irene Tedrow

as Elmira Gallitzin

Constance McCashin

as Trina Cunningham