This TV movie is supposedly a flashback for champion runner John Curtis (adult: Michael Landon, 13 years: Lance Kerwin) back to the mid 1950's when 13 year old John has a chronic bed wetting problem. Unfortunately he has a rigidly controlling mother with a nasty cruel streak who choses to try and effect change by humiliating her son by hanging his soiled sheets out his window for all to see. John runs home from school as fast as he can to remove the incriminating sheets and by so doing becomes a champion runner.
The movie highlights how not to handle the issue of a teenage boy still bed wetting. The lead role is sensitively and intensely played by a young looking Lance Kerwin who went on to be one of the big teen heartthrobs of the 1970's. An excellent well made movie.
The movie highlights how not to handle the issue of a teenage boy still bed wetting. The lead role is sensitively and intensely played by a young looking Lance Kerwin who went on to be one of the big teen heartthrobs of the 1970's. An excellent well made movie.