Saturday's Hero (1951)
The big-time college football story that's never been told before!
A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program.
- Date of release
- 1951-03-01
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- David Miller
Casting
- John Derek — Steve Novak
- Donna Reed — Melissa McCabe
- Sidney Blackmer — T.C. McCabe
- Alexander Knox — Professor Megroth
- Elliott Lewis — Eddie Abrams
- Aldo Ray — Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
- Howard St. John — Belfrage
- Otto Hulett — Coach 'Preacher' Tennant
- Alvin Baldock — Francis 'Clay' Clayborne
- Wilbur Robertson — Bob Whittier
- Charles Barnes — Moose Wagner (as Charles Mercer Barnes)
- Bill Martin — Joe Mestrovic
Interesting facts
Saturday's Hero is a 1951 American sports drama film noir directed by David Miller and starring John Derek and Donna Reed.
Production
Columbia Pictures purchased the film rights to the novel The Hero by Millard Lampell specifically as a vehicle for John Derek.
The film, with a working title of The Hero, was shot over the course of 80 days, including 35 days of football sequences.
The musical score was the first Elmer Bernstein composition for a feature film.
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