Joseph Stern

Hero at Large -- Emmy and Golden Globe-winner John Ritter (TV's 'Three's Company,' 'Slingblade') stars as a struggling actor who foils a robbery while dressed in a promotional 'Captain Avenger' suit. Trouble ensues when his actions make him a celebrity hero.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winner John Ritter (TV's "Three's Company," "Slingblade") stars as a struggling actor who foils a robbery while dressed in a promotional "Captain Avenger" suit. Trouble ensues when his actions make him a celebrity hero. Starring Oscar-nominees Ann Archer ("Fatal Attraction," "Patriot Games") and Kevin McCarthy ("Death of a Salesmen," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"). With Bert Convy ("The Cannonball Run") and, for "Back-to-Bacon" enthusiasts, a surprise cameo by Kevin Bacon ("The River Wild," "Apollo 13").

Emmy and Golden Globe-winner John Ritter (TV's "Three's Company," "Slingblade") stars as a struggling actor who foils a robbery while dressed in a promotional "Captain Avenger" suit. Trouble ensues when his actions make him a celebrity hero.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winner John Ritter (TV's "Three's Company," "Slingblade") stars as a struggling actor who foils a robbery while dressed in a promotional "Captain Avenger" suit. Trouble ensues when his actions make him a celebrity hero.

An unsuccessful actor takes a job posing as comic-book hero Captain Avenger at comics stores and conventions. While thus garbed, he foils a grocery store robbery, and everyone assumes he is actually a hero.

He's a superhero - with the tights and cape to prove it! Steve (John Ritter), a struggling New York actor costumed for a job posing as Captain Avenger at a movie premiere, walks into a corner market...and into a holdup. One smash! boom! pow! later and the Big Apple is hailing Steve. Not as a hero. As a superhero. Reel life turns real for Steve in this comic charmer celebrating the hero in all of us. One of the most likable stars ever to grace large or small screens, Ritter is hilarious and touching as a workaday guy who discovers righting wrongs is a whole lot of fun. So much that corrupt politicians want to cut in on the action and use Steve's fame to their own advantage. Will Steve cave to their scheme? This is a job for a superhero who knows right from wrong!