Movielogr
Crossbar (1979)
Directed by John Trent
Overview
The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall, has been described as a tear-jerker.
Length 78 minutes
Actors
Brent Carver | Kim Cattrall | John Ireland | Kate Reid | Murray Westgate | Sean Sullivan | Jan Muszyński | Sara Botsford | Larry Reynolds | Tom Butler | Steve Pernie | Peter Krantz | Lynn Spence | Deborah Kip | Myron Natwick