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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1977-12-14
Languageen
Runtime1h 47m
Production

Radnitz/Mattel Productions

5.9(11)
•1977•1h 47m

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Drama

Overview

A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.

Director
Ralph Nelson
Writing & Screenplay
Alice Childress
Cinematography
Frank Stanley

Principal Cast

18 credited
Cicely Tyson
Cicely TysonSweets
Paul Winfield
Paul WinfieldButler
Larry B. Scott
Larry B. ScottBenjie
Helen Martin
Helen MartinMrs. Bell
Glynn Turman
Glynn TurmanNigeria
David Groh
David GrohCohen
Kevin Hooks
Kevin HooksTiger
KG
Kenneth GreenJimmy Lee
Harold Sylvester
Harold SylvesterDoctor
Erin Blunt
Erin BluntCarwell

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