Paperback Hero
every woman's had one... every man's been one... once...
1973 · 1h 33m · R
Drama
Directed by
Peter Pearson
Overview
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.
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