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Running Delilah

Running Delilah is a 1993 American made-for-television science fiction thriller film directed by Richard Franklin, starring Kim Cattrall and Billy Zane, and aired on ABC. It was intended as the pilot episode for a TV series.

Running Delilah
GenreScience Fiction
Thriller
Written byRon Koslow
Robert J. Avrech
Directed byRichard Franklin
StarringKim Cattrall
Billy Zane
Music byLee Holdridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerRon Koslow
ProducersMel Efros
Steve Oster
CinematographyEllery Ryan
EditorAndrew London
Running time97 minutes
Production companiesABC Productions
Empty Chair Productions
Sea Change Productions
Original release
ReleaseJune 4, 1993 (1993-06-04) (Japan video)
August 29, 1994 (1994-08-29) (U.S. TV)[1]

Plot edit

Top agent Delilah dies in a risky mission against weapons dealer Kercharian. She is revived using high-tech medicine and given artificial body parts. She returns as an invincible superwoman and continues her fight against Kercherian, who is currently seeking plutonium from Russia.

Cast edit

  • Kim Cattrall as Christina / Delilah
  • Billy Zane as Paul
  • François Guétary as Lucas
  • Yorgo Voyagis as Alec Kasharian
  • Diana Rigg as Judith
  • Michael Francis Clarke as Operative #1
  • Dawn Comer as Language Lab Technician
  • Rob LaBelle as Watcher
  • Marilyn McIntyre as Barbara
  • Philip Moon as Technician #2
  • Quentin O'Brien as Operative #2
  • Philip Sokoloff as Iraqi Scientist
  • Eric Stone as Liaison
  • Richard Topol as Technician #1
  • Victor Touzei as Security Guard #1

Production edit

The production was filmed in 1992 but not broadcast on television until 1994.

Home video edit

It was released on video in Japan, Sweden, and the UK in 1993, followed by the USA and Germany in 1994. The film was known as Robospy in Australia and was released on video in the UK as Cyborg Agent.

References to old movies edit

The overall concept may be based on RoboCop (1987), which was regarded as a modern classic at the time.

A hideout uses the password "swordfish", a reference to Horse Feathers (1932).

Delilah and Paul watch clips of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) on their Paris hotel's television, dubbed into French.

References edit

  1. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2013). Encyclopedia of television pilots, 1937-2012. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7864-7445-5.

External links edit

  • Running Delilah at IMDb  


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