Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (film)
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | |
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Directed by | Paul Williams |
Produced by | Edward Pressman |
Written by | Paul Williams David Odell |
Based on | Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues by Michael Crichton and Douglas Crichton |
Starring | Barbara Hershey Robert F. Lyons John Lithgow Charles Durning |
Music by | Michael Small |
Production
company |
Warner Bros
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Distributed by | Warner Bros |
Release dates
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1972 |
Running time
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88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues is a 1972 film based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton and Douglas Crichton, published under the pseudonym Michael Douglas.
It was American independent film directed by Paul Williams and starred Robert F. Lyons and John Lithgow in his film debut in the supporting role of John, the campus drug dealer. Barbara Hershey appears in the role of the novice drug-courier, Susan, who loses the bag of bricks on a cross-country flight from Berkeley to Boston.
Production
Film rights were bought in 1970.[1]
Filming took place in San Francisco.[2]
Reception
The Washington Post called it "a rather feckless attempt at a hip thriller".[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Martin, Betty. MOVIE CALL SHEET: Kennedy, Stewart Signed. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Sep 1970: a7.
- ↑ A Fistful of Moves for Clint Eastwood Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 06 May 1971: g19.
- ↑ ediously Low Key': Film By Gary Arnold. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973) [Washington, D.C] 26 Feb 1972: E7.
External links
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- English-language films
- 1972 films
- 1970s comedy-drama films
- 1970s crime thriller films
- American films
- American comedy-drama films
- American crime thriller films
- Films about drugs
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on thriller novels
- Films based on works by Michael Crichton
- Films shot in Massachusetts
- Comedy-drama film stubs
- Crime thriller film stubs