Yesterday's Hero (1979)
From the pen of Jackie Collins, the story of a fallen super-star and his struggle back to the top.
Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful singer. Learning from them what truly matters in life, Rod regroups and returns to form.
- Date of release
- 1979-04-24
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Neil Leifer
Casting
- Ian McShane — Rod Turner
- Suzanne Somers — Cloudy
- Adam Faith — Jake
- Alan Lake — Georgie Moore
- Paul Nicholas — Clint
- Sandy Ratcliff — Rita
- Glynis Barber — Susan
- Sam Kydd — Sam Turner
- Paul J. Medford — Marek
- Emma Samms — Candy
- Cary Elwes — Disco Dancer
- Vivienne Johnson
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