Running Delilah

*Running Delilah*
Running Delilah
Genre	Science Fiction; Thriller
Written by	Ron Koslow; Robert J. Avrech
Directed by	Richard Franklin
Starring	Kim Cattrall; Billy Zane
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ron Koslow
Producers	Mel Efros; Steve Oster
Cinematography	Ellery Ryan
Editor	Andrew London
Running time	97 minutes
Production companies	ABC Productions; Empty Chair Productions; Sea Change Productions
Original release
Release	June 4, 1993 (Japan video); August 29, 1994 (U.S. TV)

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.

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]

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

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