Deliver Us from Evil (1973 film)
Deliver Us from Evil | |
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Genre | Crime Drama |
Written by | Jack B. Sowards |
Directed by | Boris Sagal |
Starring | George Kennedy Jan-Michael Vincent Bradford Dillman Charles Aidman Jim Davis Jack Weston |
Music by | Andrew Belling |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Ron Roth |
Production location | Mount Hood National Forest |
Cinematography | Bill Butler |
Editor | Jim Benson |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production company | Playboy Productions |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release |
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Deliver Us from Evil is a 1973 American made-for-television crime drama film starring George Kennedy, Jan-Michael Vincent and Bradford Dillman. It originally aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on September 11, 1973. The film's synopsis is probably inspired from the real-life skyjacker "D B Cooper" who on November 24, 1971, hijacked an airliner, extorting US$200,000 and then parachuted out of the plane never to be seen again.[1]
Plot[]
It tells the story of six male hikers in the mountains who kill a parachuting skyjacker and fight between themselves over his stolen $600,000.
Cast[]
- George Kennedy as Walter "Cowboy" Mcadams
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Nick Fleming
- Jack Weston as Al Zabrocki
- Bradford Dillman as Steven Dennis
- Charles Aidman as Arnold Fleming
- Allen Pinson as Skyjacker
Production[]
The film was originally called Fair Game. It was shot in Mount Hood in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. "It's a masculine film, shot against the masculine country essential to an action-suspense drama," write Kennedy. "We expect it to be compared with The Treasure of Sierra Madre."[2]
Reception[]
Critical response[]
The Los Angeles Times said the film was predictable but praised George Kennedy's performance.[3]
Release[]
Deliver Us from Evil was released on DVD on September 6, 2006, by Warner Home Video.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ D B Cooper Wikipage
- ^ RAIN, SLEET, SNOW: An Actor on His Appointed Rounds Kennedy, George. Los Angeles Times 7 Sep 1973: d29.
- ^ Stumbling Out of the Starting Gate Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 11 Sep 1973: d17.
- ^ Deliver Us from Evil. Warner Home Video (DVD). Burbank, California: Warner Bros. September 6, 2006. ASIN B0042ID39Q. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
External links[]
- Deliver Us from Evil at IMDb
- Deliver Us from Evil at TCMDB
- 1973 films
- 1973 television films
- 1973 crime drama films
- American films
- American crime drama films
- ABC Movie of the Week
- Films directed by Boris Sagal
- Films with screenplays by Jack B. Sowards
- American drama television film stubs
- 1970s crime drama film stubs