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First Steps

1985
Directed bySheldon Larry
1h 36m

Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new research by Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, about using external electric stimulations to enable paralyzed people to use their frozen muscles. She enters the research as a test subject and gets her reward when she walks up to receive her college diploma.

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Amy SteelNan DavisJudd HirschDr. Jerrold Petrofsky
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DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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