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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1978

Drama

1h 47m

Faced with the harsh reality of growing up in the ghetto, 13-year old Benjie turns to heroin to escape. (imdb)

Directed by:

Ralph Nelson

Written by:

Alice Childress

Starring:

Larry B. Scott David Groh Harold Sylvester

Kevin Hooks

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1978

Drama

1h 47m

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jodamico

Rated 15 Apr 2012

A nice naturalist feel at times. Paul Winfield is terrific and Larry B. Scott is show-stoppingly incredible. It's along the lines of The Education of Sonny Carson, albeit not quite as good.

Rated 15 Apr 2012

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iconogassed

Rated 20 Jan 2019

Credit to Nelson for keeping out the Krameresque--the sharpest barbs are for well-meaning whites & their institutions--and allowing Childress to adapt her story her way. It's overstuffed and didactic, but almost thrillingly so, like vibrant YA Odets, and even the cartoonish aspects have their own odd menace (Kevin Hooks' chickenhawkish Fagin of a heroin dealer). Winfield is Winfield (the greatest) and Scott...well, jodamico's "show-stoppingly incredible" about covers it. t5 teen perf belieeeeeve

Rated 20 Jan 2019

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