Paperback Hero (1973)
every woman's had one... every man's been one... once...
A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
- Date of release
- 1973-09-21
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Peter Pearson
Casting
- Keir Dullea — Rick Dylan
- Elizabeth Ashley — Loretta
- John Beck — Pov
- Dayle Haddon — Joanna
- Franz Russell — Big Ed
- George R. Robertson — Burdock
- Ted Follows — Cagey
- Linda Sorensen — Mona
- Les Ruby — Jock
- Jacquie Presly — Marlene
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Saskatchewan
Paperback Hero is a 1973 Canadian film, directed by Peter Pearson, which starred Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley. It is set in Saskatchewan and portrays the life of a big-fish minor-league hockey player in a little-pond town. The movie was filmed in Delisle, Saskatchewan.
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