Some Kind of Hero

Comedy

1982

1h 36m

This fast-moving comedy is laced with poignancy and drama as Pryor assays one of the finest roles of his career as Eddie Keller, a man who returns home after six years as a P.O.W. to find his world changed. Eddie has every right to expect a hero's welcome, but nothing has stayed the same. His wife loves another man and lost his savings; a daughter he's never seen calls the new boyfriend "Daddy"; his mother is recuperating from a stroke; the Army is withholding his back pay; and he can't get a loan because he has no collateral. He meets a sympathetic soul in Toni (Margot Kidder), a high-class hooker. Realizing he must take some kind of action, Pryor begins a desperate and funny escapade into the world of crime.

Starring	Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Olivia Cole, Paul Benjamin, David Adams, Martin Azarow, Shelly Batt, Mary Betten, David Byrd, Anthony Charnota, Matt Clark, Jude Farese, John Fujioka, Raymond Guth, Anne Haney, Alberto Isaac, Mary Jackson, Peter Jason, Caren Kaye, Enid Kent, Richard McKenzie, Nicholas Mele, Bill Morey, Warren Munson, Kenneth O'Brien, Harvey Parry, Antony Ponzini, Kario Salem, Pearl Shear, Tim Thomerson, Jon vanNess, Sandy Ward, , Nan Martin,
Genres	Comedy , Drama
Studios	Paramount Pictures
Popular UPC	844503000224