Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (film)

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
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
Distributed by Warner Bros
Release dates
 1972
Running time
 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

  1. ↑ Martin, Betty. MOVIE CALL SHEET: Kennedy, Stewart Signed. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Sep 1970: a7.
  2. ↑ A Fistful of Moves for Clint Eastwood Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 06 May 1971: g19.
  3. ↑ ediously Low Key': Film By Gary Arnold. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973) [Washington, D.C] 26 Feb 1972: E7.

External links

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues at the Internet Movie Database

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