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107 minutes. Country. United States. A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich is a 1977 film directed by Ralph Nelson about a black junior high school student who becomes a heroin addict. The screenplay was written by Alice Childress, based on her novel of the same name.
Feb 3, 1978 · A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin. A troubled boy (Larry B. Scott) becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother (Cicely Tyson) and foster father (Paul Winfield) help him fight it.
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich is a 1973 young adult novel by American author Alice Childress. Set in the American ghettos of Harlem, the novel tells the story of a teenage boy who struggles with the abandonment instilled by his biological father.
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich. PG Released Dec 14, 1977 1h 47m Drama List. Reviews 67% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and...
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- Ralph Nelson
Jan 1, 1973 · A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice Childress | Goodreads. Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich. Alice Childress. 3.81. 928 ratings118 reviews. Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet.
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A novel set in Ihe Harlem section of New York City in the early 1970s; published 1973. SYNOPSIS. An African American teenager is drawn to use heroin because of the pressures of being black and living in poverty in urban United States. Events in History at the Time of the Novel.
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich (1973; film 1978) is a novel for adolescents about a teenage drug addict. Similarly, the novel Rainbow Jordan (1981) concerns the struggles of poor black urban youth. Also written for juveniles were the plays When the Rattlesnake Sounds (1975) and Let’s Hear It for the Queen (1976).
