Paperback Hero

A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.

Cast

Keir Dullea

as Rick Dylan

Elizabeth Ashley

as Loretta

John Beck

as Pov

Dayle Haddon

as Joanna

Franz Russell

as Big Ed

George R. Robertson

as Burdock

Ted Follows

as Cagey

Linda Sorensen

as Mona

Les Ruby

as Jock

Jacquie Presly

as Marlene

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