Review of Leave Yesterday Behind

This is a really good made for TV film in 1978. I believe I saw it back when originally aired. I know I always had a crush on Carrie Fisher and watched everything she was in during her years in the Star Wars films. John Ritter plays a guy who is crippled after a riding accident. He struggles to regain his confidence and his ability to have a relationship and have sex with that person. Carrie Fisher plays the girl he falls in love with and she falls in love with him. Buddy Ebsen is great as a supporting player playing his doctor. Buddy and Carrie both play well with John Ritter and really help his character have the stength to believe in himself. There is an outstanding scene about halfway thru where John Ritter has to drive a van back to get help for Buddy who has been pinned in water under a log. He has no feeling in his legs, so he uses a stick or a cane to hit the peddles to drive. A personal favorite scene of mine is where John and Carrie go swimming. It's a touching scene with some humor and we all get to see Carrie Fisher in a red bikini! What a body.