A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.
Top billed cast
Cicely TysonSweets
Paul WinfieldButler
Larry B. ScottBenjie
Helen MartinMrs. Bell
Glynn TurmanNigeria
David GrohCohen
Kevin HooksTiger
Kenneth GreenJimmy Lee
Harold SylvesterDoctor
Erin BluntCarwell
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