The Connection (1973 film)
The Connection | |
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Written by | |
Directed by | Tom Gries |
Starring | Charles Durning |
Theme music composer | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Philip D'Antoni |
Producers | Jacqueline Babbin Kenneth Utt |
Cinematography | |
Editor | |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Production companies | |
Distributor | ABC |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | February 27, 1973 |
The Connection is an ABC Movie of the Week that was broadcast on February 27, 1973, starring Charles Durning as an out-of-work newspaper reporter who becomes involved with jewel thieves.
Synopsis[]
Frank Devlin is a popular newspaper columnist who is now out of work and in debt. A young man he knows through his regular poker game, Sy McGruder, approaches him through his wife, June. Sy was one of the robbers and now wants to sell back the jewels to the insurance company.
Devlin agrees in return for ten percent of the proceeds. But Sy and his wife double-cross him. The movie ends with a high-speed chase through the West Side of Manhattan in which Sy and his wife are prevented from making off with the insurance money.
Cast[]
- Charles Durning as Frank Devlin
- Ronny Cox as Everett Hutchneker
- Zohra Lampert as Hannah
- Dennis Cole as Sy McGruder
- Heather MacRae as June McGruder
- Howard Cosell as Himself
- Mike Kellin as Pillo
- Dana Wynter as Eleanor Warren
- Richard Bright as BeeJay
- as Dewey
- Tom Rosqui as Detective Phelan
- Christopher Allport as Richard Wilcox
- as Gilson
- Franklin Cover as Lee Harris
- Dan Frazer as Verplanck
- as Kloss
- as Summons Server
- Burt Young as Ernie
Reception[]
New York Times reviewer John J. O'Connor wrote that the plot "had holes wide enough to need a car chase or two" but praised the directing by Tom Gries and the performance by Charles Durning, whose character he described as resembling Jimmy Breslin.[1]
References[]
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (1973-04-01). "Television". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
External links[]
- 1973 television films
- 1973 films
- 1973 in American television
- 1973 crime drama films
- ABC Movie of the Week
- Films directed by Tom Gries
- American crime drama films
- American films
- American television film stubs
- 1970s crime drama film stubs