Yesterday's Hero

Yesterday's Hero
Directed byNeil Leifer
Written byJackie Collins
Produced byElliott Kastner
Oscar Lerman
Ken Regan
StarringIan McShane
Suzanne Somers
Adam Faith
Paul Nicholas
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Music byStanley Myers
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 1979 (1979-11)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Yesterday's Hero is a 1979 British drama film directed by Neil Leifer and starring Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith, Paul Nicholas and Cary Elwes (in his film debut).[1][2] It also features Glynis Barber and Emma Samms in their early performances.[3] The screenplay was written by novelist Jackie Collins, but was an original work and not based on one of her books.[4] Although it has echoes of the life of the former player George Best, the film is not biographical.[5]

  1. ^ "Yesterday's Hero (1979)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Cary Elwes | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Yesterday's Hero". Aveleyman.com.
  4. ^ Glynn, Stephen (3 May 2018). The British Football Film. Springer. ISBN 9783319777276 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Yesterday's Hero – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.