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Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) [N/A]

Featuring:
Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Arthur Hill

Written by:
Henry Denker
Jimmy Hawkins

Directed by:
Delbert Mann


Release Date:
October 7, 1984

Original Title:
Love Leads the Way: A True Story

Alternate Titles:
Love Leads the Way

Genres:
Drama | Family | History | TV Movie

Production Companies:
A Jimmy Hawkins/David Permut Production
Disney Channel Original Movie
Walt Disney Television

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 99

Overview from TheMovieDB

Based on the true story of Morris Frank and the first U.S. Seeing Eye Dog, Buddy.

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Overview from Open Movies

When an insurance salesman is blinded in a boxing accident, his world is turned upside down as he has trouble functioning in his sightless world. All seem hopeless until he learns of an innovative European project that trains dogs as guides for the blind. He explores the idea and decides to train for a dog. He eventually gets a guide dog, but soon learns that he is barred from taking his needed companion into transit vehicles and public buildings and businesses. With a newfound friend, he must fight to make the country recognize that those rules are unfair to him and his guide.

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Rankings and Honors

Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.6/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Delbert Mann

Director of Photography:
Gary Graver

Original Music Composer:
Fred Karlin

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