This sports drama is based on the true story of professional basketball players Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman. When Stokes (
Bernie Casey), who is black, is rendered comatose and paraplegic by a head injury, his white teammate Twyman (
Bo Svenson) exerts himself mightily to raise money for Stokes' physical therapy and medical treatment in the hopes that he will one day walk again. Before the injury, Twyman was just a friendly teammate. Afterwards, he became more or less a member of Stokes' family. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide