Some Kind of Hero

Some Kind of Hero is a 1982 film starring Richard Pryor as a returning Vietnam War veteran having trouble adjusting to civilian life. Soon he is involved in an organized crime heist. It costars Margot Kidder and was directed by Michael Pressman.

Eddie Keller is a U.S. Army conscript private who was captured while deficating. He was held in a POW Camp for years. Due to his resistance in signing a confession admitting to committing war crimes he ends up being one of the last POWs to be brought home from Vietnam. Keller endures several years of torture and deprivation at the hands of the Vietnamese Army. He finally relents to signing a confession admitting to war crimes to save the life of his cell mate.Having returned home, Eddie finds the world has moved on without him. His wife has fallen in love with someone new, and had a daughter, just after he became a POW. His mother has suffered a stroke, and requires constant and expensive medical attention. Eddie is initially called a hero when he is finally released, but when his signed confession is discovered and no one can track down the other prisoner he tried to save, his veterans benefits are suspended by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pending further investigation. ........

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