A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terrorists and is recruited by undercover agents to help track down the leader in this prospective pilot.
Acting
Michelle Phillips trying to sell this premise with straight face.
Production
Three directors credited including notorious Alan Smithee.
Director
Jackie Cooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alan Smithee is a pseudonym used when directors disown their work—this project had THREE credited directors including one who wanted out.
This unsold 1982 pilot captures the exact moment networks tried to clone 'The Rockford Files' success with increasingly absurd everyman-hero premises.
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