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Saturday's Hero is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Miller released in USA on 1 march 1951 with John Derek

Saturday's Hero (1951)

Saturday's Hero
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Released in USA 1 march 1951
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.1435653.1435653.1435653.1435653.143565

Saturday's Hero is a 1951 film directed by David Miller. It is also known as Idols in the Dust, and stars John Derek and Donna Reed. Saturday's Hero was the first film for Aldo Ray, who was still going by Aldo DaRe, but it was released after his second acting job in My True Story (1951).

Synopsis

Steve Novak, a Polish-American immigrant from a small New Jersey mill town, decides to go to a college in Virginia to play football. He becomes a star player as a freshman, but hears stories of teammates receiving money for their play.

Actors

John Derek

(Steve Novak)Donna Reed

(Melissa McCabe)Sidney Blackmer

(T.C. McCabe)Alexander Knox

(Professor Megroth)Aldo Ray

(Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe))
And :
Howard St. John
Sandro Giglio
Mickey Knox
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