The Connection
Written byAlbert Ruben
Directed byTom Gries
StarringCharles Durning
Theme music composerJohn Murtaugh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerPhilip D'Antoni
ProducersJacqueline Babbin
Kenneth Utt
CinematographyRichard C. Kratina
EditorNorman Gay
Running time73 minutes
Production companiesD'Antoni Productions
Metromedia Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 27, 1973 (1973-02-27)

The Connection is an ABC Movie of the Week that was broadcast on February 27, 1973, starring Charles Durning as an out-of-work newspaper reporter who becomes involved with jewel thieves.

Synopsis

Frank Devlin is a popular newspaper columnist who is now out of work and in debt. A young man he knows through his regular poker game, Sy McGruder, approaches him through his wife, June. Sy was one of the robbers and now wants to sell back the jewels to the insurance company.

Devlin agrees in return for ten percent of the proceeds. But Sy and his wife double-cross him. The movie ends with a high-speed chase through the West Side of Manhattan in which Sy and his wife are prevented from making off with the insurance money.

Cast

Reception

New York Times reviewer John J. O'Connor wrote that the plot "had holes wide enough to need a car chase or two" but praised the directing by Tom Gries and the performance by Charles Durning, whose character he described as resembling Jimmy Breslin.[1]

References

  1. ↑ O'Connor, John J. (1973-04-01). "Television". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-18.


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