Bill (1981 film)
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| Genre | Biography Drama |
| Written by | Corey Blechman |
| Story by | Barry Morrow |
| Directed by | Anthony Page |
| Starring |
Mickey Rooney Dennis Quaid Largo Woodruff Anna Maria Horsford Harry Goz |
| Theme music composer | William Kraft |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Alan Landsburg Bernard Sofronski |
| Producer(s) | Mel Stuart |
| Cinematography | Mike Fash |
| Editor(s) | George Hively |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Alan Landsburg Productions |
| Distributor | CBS |
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| Original network | CBS |
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Bill is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical drama film starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid based on the life of Bill Sackter. The film was broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1981.
A sequel, Bill: On His Own, was released in 1983.
Bill is a man with mental retardation in his 60s. He ventures out into the world for the first time after spending most of his life at Grandville, a dreary inner city institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since age seven (when his parents sent him there). Bill is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love for the first time in his life.
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