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    Yesterday’s Hero (1979)

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    Rod Turner (Ian McShane) is a washed-up drunken footballer trying to get his life back on track.

    Turner is signed by Third Division team, the Saints – owned by rockstar Clint Simons (Paul Nicholas) who is seeing Turner’s ex-lover, pretty American singer Cloudy (token American Suzanne Somers of Three’s Company fame) – to help them on their FA Cup run to Wembley.

    There’s also bitter club manager Jake (Adam Faith) – who hates Turner – and a children’s home run by nuns where Turner mentors and trains the young kids. And (for no reason whatsoever) endless scenes of cheesy disco dancing!

    It’s kinda Rocky meets George Best meets Saturday Night Fever meets The Stud – and it was written by Jackie Collins, which probably tells you all you need to know.

    It was certainly never going to win any Oscars but it’s an enjoyable film (if you can suffer the inane grin and wooden acting of Paul Nicholas) that uses actual footage of the Nottingham Forest v Southampton 1979 League Cup Final intercut with close up shots of Turner.

    Rod Turner
    Ian McShane
    Cloudy
    Suzanne Somers
    Jake
    Adam Faith
    Clint
    Paul Nicholas
    Sam Turner
    Sam Kydd
    Speed
    Trevor Thomas
    Susan
    Glynis Barber
    Rita
    Sandy Ratcliff
    Georgie Moore
    Alan Lake
    Marek
    Paul Medford
    Mac Gill
    Matthew Long
    Butch
    Paul Desbois
    Chris
    Eric Deacon

    Director
    Neil Leifer

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