Yesterday's Heroes

"At Last...A TRUE "INSIDE" STORY of COLLEGE FOOTBALL...packed with exciting romance and scoring a punch...the sensational Saturday Evening Post sensation...."

1940 1h 6m EN

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from his studies, his flirtation with a widow and his true love. How his roommate helped him put things right.

“At Last...A TRUE "INSIDE" STORY of COLLEGE FOOTBALL...packed with exciting romance and scoring a punch...the sensational Saturday Evening Post sensation....”

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Cast

Jean Rogers
Lee Kellogg
Robert Sterling
Duke Wyman
Ted North
Claude Hammond
Kay Aldridge
Janice Mason
Russell Gleason
Bill Garrett
Richard Lane
Cleats Slater
Edmund MacDonald
Tex Jones
George Irving
Dr. Stovall

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Writers: Irving Cummings Jr., William Conselman Jr., William Brent
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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86 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alfred DeGaetano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jean Rogers and Robert Sterling and Ted North carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "At Last...A TRUE "INSIDE" STORY of COLLEGE FOOTBALL...packed with exciting romance and scoring a punch...the sensational Saturday Evening Post sensation....".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0033278 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Herbert I. Leeds directs. Alfred DeGaetano cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
286 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Alfred DeGaetano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jean Rogers and Robert Sterling and Ted North carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "At Last...A TRUE "INSIDE" STORY of COLLEGE FOOTBALL...packed with exciting romance and scoring a punch...the sensational Saturday Evening Post sensation....".
7IMDB entry: tt0033278 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.