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Hero at Large

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Hero at Large
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PG,1hr 38min
Genres:
Action,Comedy
Released:
February 8, 1980
Director:
Martin Davidson
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy  ...more
Synopsis: John Ritter plays an unsuccessful actor who takes a job posing as comic-book hero Captain Avenger at comics stores and conventions. While thus garbed, Ritter foils a grocery store robbery. He skedaddles from the scene when the cops show up, leading witnesses to assume that he is a genuine costumed superhero, the sort that shows up to foil the villains and then modestly retreats after his job is done. Ritter is hired by the mayor's staff, who hope that the Captain Avenger tie-in will help the mayor ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Friedman, AMG Review
Hero At Large is a somewhat simplistic yet ultimately satisfying film that plays on the childhood memories and fantasies of the its audience and relates them to the troubles of the modern world. Who hasn't at some point in their lives imagined themselves to be a superhero righting wrongs like their favorite Saturday morning characters? John Ritter is an actor hired to portray the superhero Captain ... Full Review
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John Ritter
Steve Nichols
Anne Archer
J. Marsh
Bert Convy
Walter Reeves
Kevin McCarthy
Calvin Donnelly
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