Yesterday's Hero [SEP] cast member
Yesterday's Hero
Yesterday's Hero is a 1979 British film directed by Neil Leifer and starring Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith, Paul Nicholas and Cary Elwes (in his film debut). It also features Glynis Barber and Emma Samms in their early performances. The screenplay was written by novelist Jackie Collins, but was an original work and not based on one of her books. Although it has echoes of the life of the former player George Best, the film is not biographical.
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impression as a model and was cast as "The face of the '70s" by royal photographer Lord Snowdon. This later facilitated a move into film. Her first major role was in the Ken Loach BAFTA-nominated film "Family Life" (1971), in which she played a schizophrenic teenage girl. This was followed by roles in slightly less well-received films including "The Final Programme" (1973), "Yesterday's Hero" (1979) and "Hussy" (1980) with Helen Mirren