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Deliver Us from Evil (1973 film)

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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.D B Cooper Wikipage

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

*Jim Davis as Dixie

*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'."RAIN, SLEET, SNOW: An Actor on His Appointed Rounds

Kennedy, George. Los Angeles Times 7 Sep 1973: d29.


Reception



Critical response

The 'Los Angeles Times' said the film was predictable but praised George Kennedy's performance.Stumbling Out of the Starting Gate

Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 11 Sep 1973: d17.


Release

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

See also



* List of American films of 1973

References




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