Downhill Willie

Nov 15, 1996

1h 26m

★ 9.0

Heroism needs an imbecile

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Cinépix Film Properties

Ski Nuts Productions, ltd

Downhill Willie Trailers

Cast

Willie Jones

Keith Coogan

Annie Meyers

Staci Keanan

Spider Bolton

Lochlyn Munro

Mel Horner

Fred Stoller

Mama Saxer

Estelle Harris

Hans Saxer

Lee Reherman

Jack Murphy

Andrew Airlie

Guy Lebeau

Jacques Lalonde

Half-Pipe

Dean Mckenzie

Kelly Burns

Philip Maurice Hayes

Samantha

April Telek

Jake

Tom Heaton

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