The Boy Who Could Fly
Jay Underwood plays an autistic boy who provides a source of fascination to a new family in town. Never uttering a sound, Underwood spends hours in his backyard, attempting to fly like the birds.
Lucy Deakins, the daughter of the new family, befriends Underwood; she is encouraged by teacher Colleen Dewhurst to try to draw the boy out of his shell, and to keep a journal on the subject.
Rendered unconscious in a fall, Deakins dreams that Underwood can fly. The boy is suddenly whisked away to an institution, and Deakins despairs that she'll never see him again.
| Producer(s): | Gary Adelson |
| Cast: | Fred Savage, Jason Priestley, Bonnie Bedelia, Louise Fletcher, Fred Gwynne, Colleen Dewhurst |
| Writer(s): | Nick Castle |
