Kelly is a 1981 Canadian-made family adventure drama directed by Christopher Chapman and written by and starring Robert Logan. Twyla Dawn Vokins plays the title character Kelly. In the 1980s the film had much play on cable tv(HBO) and was of the heartwarming type of product usually found on the commercial ABC Afterschool Special.[1]

Kelly
Directed byChristopher Chapman
Written byRobert Logan; from his own story
Produced byCanadian Film Development Corporation(CFDC)
George Anthony
Samuel V. Freeman
CinematographyPaul Van der Linden
Edited byDavid Nicholson
Music byMicky Erbe
Maribeth Solomon
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 20, 1981 (1981-03-20) (Canada)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Story

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Kelly, a preteen girl who has dyslexia, lives in Los Angeles, CA with her divorced mother (who left her father when she was born) and stepfather. She is somewhat errant, skips school, and doesn't have too good a relationship with her mother Susan. Susan, fed up and seeking a solution to Kelly's behavior, decides to pack Kelly off to her biological father, Dave, who is a bush pilot in Alaska. When Kelly arrives in Alaska, she exhibits some of the same behavior she had with her mother, but slowly over time, becomes ingratiated with her wilderness surroundings and neighbors. Dave's assistant, an old Inuit called Clut, teaches Kelly a few things about life amongst the local townspeople.

Cast

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  • Robert Logan - Dave
  • Twyla Dawn Vokins - Kelly
  • George Clutesi - Clut
  • Elaine Nalee - Susan
  • Doug Lennox - Beechum
  • Alec Willows - Brother Robin
  • Dan Granirer - Jimbo
  • Jack Leaf - Ephram
  • Mona Cozart - Mabel
  • Paddy White - Timothy
  • Bob Collins - Tom
  • Paul Coeur - Big Mac (*Paul Lolicoeur)
  • Robert Windsor - Brother William
  • Larry Koopman - Brother Thomas
  • Sock Seki - Brother Peter

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