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Some Kind of Hero is a 1982 American comedy-drama film starring Richard Pryor as a returning Vietnam War veteran having trouble adjusting to civilian life. Soon he is involved in an organized crime heist.
Apr 2, 1982 · Some Kind of Hero: Directed by Michael Pressman. With Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox. 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.
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- Crime, Drama, War
- Michael Pressman
- 1982-04-02
Eddie Keller, a Viet Nam P.O.W., returns home to a world he no longer recognizes. His wife has moved onto a new man; there’s a daughter he didn’t know he had; his mother confined to a nursing ...
- 5 min
- 24.7K
- Black Film History
A Vietnam POW (Richard Pryor) comes home after six years to no wife, no business and no chance of getting back pay.
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- Michael Pressman
- R
- Richard Pryor
Some Kind of Hero streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "Some Kind of Hero" streaming on Showtime Apple TV Channel. It is also possible to buy "Some Kind of Hero" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu, Microsoft Store as download or rent it on Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies ...
- Michael Pressman
- 97 min
- 22
Mar 8, 2019 · Eddie Keller, a Viet Nam P.O.W., returns home to a world he no longer recognizes. His wife has moved onto a new man; there’s a daughter he didn’t know he had; his mother confined to a ...more...
- 31 sec
- 8.5K
- Black Film History
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An American POW (Richard Pryor) is finally shipped back home and everything goes wrong for him. His mom is in a nursing home; his wife has a lover; and they've lost all his savings. So begins his desperate - and funny - descent into a world of crime.