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Title: Some Kind of Hero (1982)
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| Richard Pryor | ... | Eddie Keller | |
| Margot Kidder | ... | Toni | |
| Ray Sharkey | ... | Vinnie | |
| Ronny Cox | ... | Colonel Powers | |
| Lynne Moody | ... | Lisa | |
| Olivia Cole | ... | Jesse | |
| Paul Benjamin | ... | Leon | |
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David Adams | ... | The Kid |
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Martin Azarow | ... | Tank |
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Shelly Batt | ... | Olivia |
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Susan Berlin | ... | Jeanette |
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Mary Betten | ... | Lady Teller |
| Herbie Braha | ... | Honcho #2 (as Herb Braha) | |
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Anthony Charnota | ... | Base Commander (as Anthony R. Charnota) |
| Matt Clark | ... | Mickey | |
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country. Written by JD-2 <Badge19@hotmail.com>
Richard Pryor spent half a decade as a POW in Vietnam. Now he's back in the US, and he's a hero. Except that his wife has walked out on him, his mother is in a nursing home and they want more money, the Army is taking its time on anything except for using him in press conferences and the bank he asks for a loan won't grant it. The only person willing to actually help is Margot Kidder, a high-class call girl, and he names her profession baldly.
Watching Pryor in a straight role is interesting. He plays the same sort of character he does in his comedies, hapless and out of his depth, but without the air of hysteria that informs his comedy. The result is a telling satire of the growing disconnect between the promise of America and the reality.