Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
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Years before Coma, Jurassic Park, and Twister made him a household name, Michael Crichton co-wrote this amiable drug-oriented comedy, based on a novel Crichton co-authored with his brother Douglas under the pen name Michael Douglas. Peter (Robert F. Lyons) is a shaggy but straightlaced Harvard law… More Years before Coma, Jurassic Park, and Twister made him a household name, Michael Crichton co-wrote this amiable drug-oriented comedy, based on a novel Crichton co-authored with his brother Douglas under the pen name Michael Douglas. Peter (Robert F. Lyons) is a shaggy but straightlaced Harvard law student who feels the need for some rebellion in his life (and could use some extra money), so he takes up the offer of mid-level drug dealer John (John Lithgow) to ferry a load of marijuana from California back to Boston. En route, Peter meets Susan (Barbara Hershey), a comely hippie with whom he falls in love. Peter helps Susan avoid a drug bust and she decides to head back to Boston with him, but she finances the trip by arranging to bring back a stash of her own. At the airport, Susan runs afoul of Murphy (Charles Durning), a crooked narcotics cop who steals half the pot and attempts to blackmail her. Dealing featured the screen debut of John Lithgow; Demond Wilson (who later starred in Sanford and Son) and musician Buzzy Linhart alsoappear. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Paul Williams (V), Paul Williams
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 25, 1972 Wide
- Studio
- Unknown
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Cast
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Joy Bang
as Sandra
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Ellen Barber
as Annie
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Gene Borkan
as Musty
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Charles Durning
as Murphy
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Tom Harvey
as Captain Fry
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Barbara Hershey
as Susan
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Herbert Kerr
as Emir
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Buzzy Linhart
as Buzzy
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John Lithgow
as John
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Robert F. Lyons
as Peter
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Anitra Walsh
as Townie Girl
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Ted Williams
as Receptionist
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Demond Wilson
as Rupert
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Paul Williams
as Barry
