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5.6/10   391 votes
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Release Date:
2 April 1982 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Richard Pryor is in a new kind of comedy...about some kind of hero...in some kind of mess. [USA theatrical] more
Plot:
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten... more | add synopsis
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Richard Pryor: 1940-2005
 (From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)

Comedian Richard Pryor Dies at 65
 (From WENN. 9 December 2005)

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Pryor is so good more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Pryor ... Cpl. Eddie Keller / Ted Segal

Margot Kidder ... Toni Donovan
Ray Sharkey ... Sgt. Vinnie DiAngelo (Eddie's cellmate in prison camp)

Ronny Cox ... Col. Powers
Lynne Moody ... Lisa Keller
Olivia Cole ... Jesse Keller, Eddie's Mother
Paul Benjamin ... Leon
David Adams ... The Kid
Martin Azarow ... Tank
Shelly Batt ... Olivia
Susan Berlin ... Jeanette, Bank Teller
Mary Betten ... Teller
Herbie Braha ... Honcho (as Herb Braha)
Anthony Charnota ... Commander (as Anthony R. Charnota)
Matt Clark ... Mickey
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97 min
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The film was intended to be a straight drama but during production the studio executives demanded that Richard Pryor do comedic scenes as well. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Moon River more

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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Pryor is so good, 3 September 2000
Author: MisterWhiplash from United States

In this film, it starts off great and it kinda sizzles after a while, but it is at least put together well by one guy- Richard Pryor. He rises above the material here like no other and actually gives a good dramatic/comedic performance (his best dramatic one besides Blue Collar). While the prison camp scenes are quite intriguing, it becomes a little undone at home. That's my complaint. B-

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