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Saturday's Hero is a 1951 American film noir drama sports 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).
Saturday's Hero: Directed by David Miller. With John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer, Alexander Knox. A star high school football player goes through the ups and downs of 'big-time' college athletics in the 1950's.
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- Drama, Sport
- David Miller
- 1951-09-10
Saturday's Hero was Reed's first film at Columbia after signing with Harry Cohn's studio in 1950, and the role of Melissa is a step away from her star image as the wholesome girl
- David Miller, Joe Boyle, Jack Corrick
- John Derek
Steve Novak is great at football. He goes to a college that doesn't offer football scholarships but it's arranged for a wealthy booster to pay all his expens...
- 111 min
- 461
- D Chaz3.0 Dacan
Steve Novak (John Derek) is great at football, but not so great at studying. Still, he manages to get a scholarship to a prestigious college. At the school, a wealthy booster (Sidney Blackmer ...
- David Miller
- Drama
- John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer
Saturday's Hero (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sep 14, 2018 · “Saturday’s Hero” was released in 1951 and into the midst of the Army Football academic scandal, a fact which makes one wish for a present-day film to really challenge college football rather than re-issue standard sentimental underdog claptrap.
