A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich with Cicely Tyson: DVD Cover

    A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich Director: Ralph Nelson Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin

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    • DVD Release Date: 01/27/2009
    • Original Release: 1977
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 21,133

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    Disc #1 -- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
    1. Opening Credits [5:56]
    2. Battered and Bruised [6:33]
    3. History Lesson [8:04]
    4. Tiger's [7:54]
    5. Fighting [8:57]
    6. No Matter What [7:26]
    7. Praying [5:20]
    8. Strung Out [6:23]
    9. Benjie's Hooked [5:11]
    10. Home [7:18]
    11. Family [7:38]
    12. Funeral [7:29]
    13. Blue Indigo [7:36]
    14. Help Me [6:25]
    15. No Show [6:10]
    16. I Believe in You [2:59]

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    Adapted from Alice Childress' inspirational novel of the same name, director Ralph Nelson's sentimental addiction drama tells the story of an intelligent yet alienated ghetto youth seduced into the world of hard drugs. Unable to stand being in the same apartment as his gruff but caring foster-father Butler (Paul Winfield), inner-city high school student Benjie (Larry B. Scott) opts to pass the time smoking grass and drinking with his good friend Jimmy Lee (Kenneth Green) and small-time drug dealer Carwell (Erin Blunt). Before long Benjie is hooked, and hanging out with local pusher Tiger (Kevin Hooks) in order to get the hard stuff. Increasingly alienated from both his foster-father and his grandmother (Helen Martin), young Benjie must rely on the assistance of a caring social worker (Claire Brennan) in order to stay clean and get back on his feet. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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