Special Delivery (1976 film)

Special Delivery

Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Produced by	Richard Berg
Written by	John Melson James Edward Grant Gilbert Ralston Don Gazzaniga
Starring	Bo Svenson Cybill Shepherd
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Jr.
Edited by	Houseley Stevenson Jr.
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release dates	July 1976
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Special Delivery is a 1976 film directed by Paul Wendkos. It stars Bo Svenson and Cybill Shepherd.^[1]

Plot

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.^[2]

Cast

Bo Svenson as Jack Murdock.
Cybill Shepherd as Mary Jane
Tom Atkins as Zabelski
Sorrell Booke as Hubert Zane
Gerrit Graham as Swivot
Michael C. Gwynne as Graff

Reception

Vincent Canby of the New York Times was not amused: "Michael C. Gwynne has some good moments as a junkie, but neither Paul Wendkos, who directed the film, nor Don Gazzaniga, who wrote it, is very adept at melodrama and action. The film ends in a car chase of the sort that makes you realize that the screeching of tires has become the most overused and boring sound in movies today."^[3]

References

↑ http://www.allmovie.com/work/special-delivery-45972
↑ Jean-Marc Rocher, IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075250/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
↑ Vincent Canby, "A Caper That Fails to Deliver Action" Jan. 13, 1977 http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE2DB133FE334BC4B52DFB766838C669EDE

External links

Special Delivery at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Paul Wendkos

The Burglar (1957)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
Gidget (1959)
Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
Because They're Young (1960)
Angel Baby (1961)
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Johnny Tiger (1966)
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
Fear No Evil (1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Hell Boats (1970)
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
A Little Game (1971)
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
Strangers in 7A (1972)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Special Delivery (1976)
The Death of Richie (1977)
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987)
Right to Die (1987)
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Cross of Fire (1989)
Blind Faith (1990)
A Match Made in Heaven (1997)

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