Deliver Us from Evil (1973 film)

1973 television film by Boris Sagal

Deliver Us from Evil

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
Original release
Network| ABC
Release|

* September 11, 1973 (1973-09-11) (Los Angeles)
* October 18, 1973 (1973-10-18) (United States)

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[edit]

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[edit]

* George Kennedy as Walter "Cowboy" Mcadams
* Jan-Michael Vincent as Nick Fleming
* Jim Davis as Dixie
* Jack Weston as Al Zabrocki
* Bradford Dillman as Steven Dennis
* Charles Aidman as Arnold Fleming
* Allen Pinson as Skyjacker

## Production[edit]

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[edit]

### Critical response[edit]

The Los Angeles Times said the film was predictable but praised George Kennedy's performance.[3]

### Release[edit]

Deliver Us from Evil was released on DVD on September 6, 2006, by Warner Home Video.[4]

## See also[edit]

* List of American films of 1973

## References[edit]

1. ^ D B Cooper Wikipage
2. ^ RAIN, SLEET, SNOW: An Actor on His Appointed Rounds Kennedy, George. Los Angeles Times 7 Sep 1973: d29.
3. ^ Stumbling Out of the Starting Gate Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 11 Sep 1973: d17.
4. ^ Deliver Us from Evil. Warner Home Video (DVD). Burbank, California: Warner Bros. September 6, 2006. ASIN B0042ID39Q. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Deliver Us from Evil at IMDb
* Deliver Us from Evil at TCMDB

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