Yesterday's Hero (1979)
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Jackie Collins screenplay falters in this so-so melodrama about a soccer player and his road to fame and fortune. Rod Turner (Ian McShane) is a has-been soccer whiz who one day gets a second chance to reach for the brass ring. He joins a team owned by a playboy rock star (Paul Nicholas) and managed by Jake (Adam Faith), a vicious, mean-spirited devil. In spite of the manager and a suddenly complex personal life as he gets involved with the rock star's girlfriend (Suzanne Somers), Rod is determined to make this second chance work. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, (more)
- Director(s):
- Neil Leifer
Synopsis of Yesterday's Hero
Jackie Collins screenplay falters in this so-so melodrama about a soccer player and his road to fame and fortune. Rod Turner (Ian McShane) is a has-been soccer whiz who one day gets a second chance to reach for the brass ring. He joins a team owned by a playboy rock star (Paul Nicholas) and managed by Jake (Adam Faith), a vicious, mean-spirited devil. In spite of the manager and a suddenly complex personal life as he gets involved with the rock star's girlfriend (Suzanne Somers), Rod is determined to make this second chance work. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Yesterday's Hero
- Ian McShane - Rod Turner
- Adam Faith - Jake Marsh
- Sam Kydd - Sam Turner
- Trevor Thomas - Speed
- Alan Lake - Georgie Moore
- Paul Medford - Marek
- Suzanne Somers - Cloudy Martin
- Paul Nicholas - Clint Simon
- Glynis Barber - Susan
- Sandy Ratcliff - Rita
- Matthew Long - Mack Gill
- June Chadwick
- Director(s):
- Neil Leifer
- Writer(s):
- Jackie Collins
- Producer(s):
- Elliott Kastner, Oscar S. Lerman
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