Leave Yesterday Behind

7.2
1978 1 hr 40 min Drama , TV Movie

A happy-go-lucky veterinary student, paralyzed for life in a college polo meet, finds love with a young woman who leaves her fiancée to help him overcome his handicap.

  • Cast:
    John Ritter , Carrie Fisher , Buddy Ebsen , Ed Nelson , Robert Urich , Barbara Stuart , Lucia Stralser

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Reviews

FeistyUpper
1978/05/14

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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UnowPriceless
1978/05/15

hyped garbage

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Adeel Hail
1978/05/16

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Juana
1978/05/17

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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