Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (television) Two-hour television movie; a remake of the 1969 motion picture, aired on ABC on February 18, 1995. The adventures of Dexter Riley, a not-so-brilliant college student who suddenly becomes the talk of the campus when he is struck by lightning when trying to reconnect a computer terminal, and becomes the repository of an enormous body of knowledge which he can call upon at will. Stars Kirk Cameron (Dexter), Larry Miller, (Dean Valentine), Jason Bernard (Prof. Quigley), Jeff Maynard (Gozin), Anne Marie Tremko (Sarah), Andrew Woodworth (Will), Dean Jones (Dean Carlson). Directed by Peyton Reed.