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Cast and Crew

  • Anne Haney Anne Haney, Actor
  • Caren Kaye Caren Kaye, Actor
  • Harvey Parry Harvey Parry, Actor
  • Kenneth O'Brien Kenneth O'Brien, Actor
  • Lynne Moody Lynne Moody, Actor
  • Margot Kidder Margot Kidder, Actor
  • Mary Jackson Mary Jackson, Actor
  • Matt Clark Matt Clark, Actor
  • Olivia Cole Olivia Cole, Actor
  • Paul Benjamin Paul Benjamin, Actor
  • Peter Jason Peter Jason, Actor
  • Ray Sharkey Ray Sharkey, Actor
  • Richard McKenzie Richard McKenzie, Actor
  • Richard Pryor Richard Pryor, Actor
  • Ronny Cox Ronny Cox, Actor
  • Tim Thomerson Tim Thomerson, Actor

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Some Kind of Hero

Some Kind of Hero

Richard Pryor gives a compelling performance in Some Kind of Hero, playing a Vietnam veteran who tries to readjust to civilian life. Pryor plays Eddie Keller, who has just spent five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp. Most of the time there, Eddie was able to hold his own against his captors, but he eventually was forced to sign a statement denouncing United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Eddie decided to sign the document in order to insure that his friend Vinnie (Ray Sharkey) would be given proper medical treatment. Because of this denunciation, when Eddie returns home from the war he is denied his back pay. He also discovers that his wife has left him for another man, his business has fallen apart, and his mother has been sent to an asylum. Eddie falls into a deep depression and hits rock bottom. But he meets a friendly prostitute, Toni (Margot Kidder), who helps him straighten out his life. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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