To Race the Wind

Mar 12, 1980

1h 37m

★ 8.5

Overview

A lighthearted dramatization of the autobiography of Harold Krents, a blind Harvard Law School student trying to make his way in a sighted world.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Viacom Productions

Walter Grauman Productions

To Race the Wind Trailers

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Cast

Harold Krents

Steve Guttenberg

Chet Watson

Randy Quaid

Ben Chase

Mark L. Taylor

Kit

Lisa Eilbacher

Mrs. Krents

Barbara Barrie

Don Summerfun

Gregory Walcott

Mr. Krents

Norman Burton

Bonnie

Deborah Ryan

Beth

Catherine Hicks

Jerry Baker

David Carroll

Young Harold Krents

David Hollander

Moose

Demetre Phillips

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