The Top of the Hill

Feb 6, 1980

4h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

Michael Stone is a rising company executive who decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team and partake in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.

Genres

TV Movie

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Television

Operation Prime Time (OPT)

The Top of the Hill Trailers

Cast

Michael Stone

Wayne Rogers

Eva Heggener

Elke Sommer

Elizabeth Stone

Adrienne Barbeau

Bobby Antoine

Sonny Bono

McCain

Peter Brown

Frank Langrock

J.D. Cannon

Rita

Rae Dawn Chong

Norma Ellsworth Cully

Paula Prentiss

Mitchell

Macdonald Carey

Maria von Taub

Denise DuBarry

Andreas Heggener

Mel Ferrer

Dave Cully

Gary Lockwood

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