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

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.

Contents

• Cast
• Production
• Reception
• References

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.

Cast

Robert F. Lyons as Peter

Barbara Hershey as Susan

John Lithgow as John

Charles Durning as Lt. Murphy

Joy Bang as Sandra

Ellen Barber as Annie

Paul Sorvino as Taxi Driver

Demond Wilson as Rupert

Gene Borkan as Musty

Buzzy Linhart as Buzzy

Paul Williams as Barry

Victor Junquera as Cortez

Howard Gardner as Lecturer

Nancy Belle Fuller as Avis Girl

Herbert Kerr as Emir

Ted Williams as Receptionist

Anitra Walsh as Townie Girl

Tom Harvey as Captain Fry

Victor Argo as 2nd Cuban

Hector Elias as 3rd Cuban

Production

Film rights were bought in 1970.

Filming took place in San Francisco and Boston

Reception

The Washington Post called it "a rather feckless attempt at a hip thriller".