An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.
Acting
Charles Durning's weary everyman carries the whole thing.
Production
Genuine 1973 location shooting that smells like cigarettes and regret.
Director
Tom Gries
Charles Durning
Frank Devlin
Ronny Cox
Everett Hutchneker
Zohra Lampert
Hannah
Dennis Cole
Sy McGruder
Heather MacRae
June McGruder
Howard Cosell
Himself
Mike Kellin
Pillo
Dana Wynter
Eleanor Warren
Richard Bright
BeeJay
Tom Rosqui
Detective Phelan
Christopher Allport
Richard Wilcox
Franklin Cover
Lee Harris
Dan Frazer
Verplanck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Tom Gries made this between his Emmy-winning 'Helter Skelter' and 'Breakheart Pass'—peak journeyman era.
This aired on ABC's Movie of the Week, a genuine pipeline for directors who'd later dominate 70s cinema—Steven Spielberg cut his teeth there.
US
