Red Skelton's Half a Hero is a comedy that explores the challenges of 20th-century American life, specifically the suburbs. The legendary comic plays Ben Dobson, a magazine writer who struggles to keep his family's move to a suburban housing development a secret from his boss, who disapproves of the suburbs.
Half a Hero
In this thought-provoking film, a magazine writer struggles to make ends meet in the suburbs, where the pressures of modern life are taking a toll. When his editor tasks him with writing an article about the suburbs being the "slums of tomorrow", he embarks on a journey of discovery tha...
