Hero at Large
About Hero at Large
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.
Hero at Large is a 1980 comedy film directed by Martin Davidson. Its themes are crime fighter and superhero.
John Ritter takes the lead as Steve Nichols, Anne Archer as J. Marsh, Bert Convy as Walter Reeves, and Kevin McCarthy as Calvin Donnelly. At 98 minutes long, it arrived in February 1980.
The screenplay is by AJ Carothers.
The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and Batman Begins make useful companions to Hero at Large. It carries a PG rating.