Paperback Hero
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Paperback Hero

(1999)Directed by Antony J. Bowman96 minComedy, Romance
“He's hard, tough...and doesn't give a XXXX for anything...except romantic novels”

A romance novel is selling well in the Australian outback, and the name on its cover belongs to Ruby Vale (Claudia Karvan), who never wrote a word of it. The real author is Jack Willis (Hugh Jackman), a truck driver who borrowed her name, and when a publisher turns up to sign "Ruby" for more, Antony J. Bowman has Jack scrambling to keep the story straight. Jack just wanted to be read, and now he has to stand behind a name that isn't his.

Claudia Karvanas Ruby Vale
Hugh Jackmanas Jack Willis
Angie Millikenas Ziggy Keane
Bruce Venablesas Artie
Barry Rugless
Barry Lea
Andrew Buchananas City Drunk
Adam Rayas Clive Rooney