| 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 | 75 minutes |
| Production company | Playboy Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 11, 1973 |
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]
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.
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]
The Los Angeles Times said the film was predictable but praised George Kennedy's performance.[3]
