The Leading Edge
Aug 15, 1987 | IMDB 6.5
74 min Watch NowDrama, Documentary
A bored Colorado ski patrolman comes to New Zealand for the winter season. In between skiing on various North and South Island fields and preparing for the "Ironman' endurance contest, he has a good time with the people he meets. Billy T. James features briefly as an entertainer cum 'fright-a-minute'- aviator. This is a hybrid genre, a semi-dramatized documentary with champion skiers playing themselves.
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2005
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2013
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IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1969
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1993
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2014
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