Yesterday's Hero (1979)

★ 4.8 1h 35m 6 votes IMDb
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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.

Yesterday's Hero

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Cast

Ian McShane
Ian McShane as Rod Turner Age 84 · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is a Scottish-English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in Deadwood (2004–2006)...
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers as Cloudy Died 2023 · San Bruno, California, USA Suzanne Marie Somers (née Mahoney; October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023) was an American actress, author, singer, and businesswoman in the health and wellness industry. She played the television roles...
Adam Faith
Adam Faith as Jake Died 2003 · Acton, London, England, UK Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, music manager, business entrepreneur, and financial journalist. As a British rock and roll teen idol, he scored consecutive No. 1 hits on the UK Singles Cha...
Alan Lake
Alan Lake as Georgie Moore Died 1984 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK Alan Lake (24 November 1940 – 10 October 1984) was an English actor, best known as the third husband of Diana Dors. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940 of Gypsy descent, Lake stu...
Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas as Clint Age 81 · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK Paul Nicholas is an English actor and singer. He started out with a pop career, but soon changed to musical theatre. Later, in the 1970s, he began an acting career.
Sandy Ratcliff
Sandy Ratcliff as Rita Died 2019 · London, England, UK Born on October 2, 1950 in London, England, Sandy Ratcliff originally worked as a model and was touted by photographer Lord Snowden as 'The Face of the 70s' before she turned her attention to acting....
Director Neil Leifer
Cast Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith, Alan Lake, Paul Nicholas, Sandy Ratcliff, Glynis Barber, Sam Kydd, Paul J. Medford, Emma Samms

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dennyjt 3/10 Jul 25, 2022
Banal and cliched story of former great footballer, now alcoholic and playing non-league, who is given a lifeline by pop star Nicholas, owner of a team on the rise and in the midst of a cup run. Bleary egomaniac McShane treats his lady friends callously but old flame Somers, now singing partner to Nicholas, somehow convinces him to reform and shape up. Faith is the coach forced to accept him.
Pitches were muddy in those days and pop duos were as bland as ever.
Written by Jackie Collins, so the characters are cliched and one-dimensional, while the situations are turgid.
Nicholas and Somers enthusiastically perform several upbeat pop songs. McShane looks the part of an out of shape sportsman and Faith is on target as a frustated cockney coach. The football scenes offer the only excitement here. Can McShane stay off the bottle long enough and learn to co-operate with others to help his team win?

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