Challenge of a Lifetime

Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.

Penny Marshall

Nora Schoonover

Richard Gilliland

Will Brodsky

Jonathan Silverman

Steven Schoonover

Mary Woronov

Mary Garritee

Paul Gleason

John Schoonover

James Bergeson

Donald Turnquist

Bart Conner

Nancy Hogshead-Makar

Cathy Rigby

Dave Scott

Mark Spitz

Jim Lampley

Announcer

Anne Simon

Announcer

Greg Monaghan

Jay Redmond

Dorothy Dells

Dr. Jackson

Dick Anthony Williams

Dr. Hume

• Russ MayberryDirector
• Sally RobinsonWriter
• Robert M. SertnerProducer
• Frank von ZerneckExecutive Producer
• Robert GreenwaldExecutive Producer
• Héctor R. FigueroaDirector of Photography
• Robert FlorioEditor
• Michael J. SheridanEditor

Release date

February 14, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie