The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (1972)
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The Delphi Bureau is a top-secret spy cadre answerable only to the U.S. president. The organization may have just one field operative, a supposed researcher named Glenn Garth Gregory. He gets his orders from an in-the-know Washington, D.C. socialite, and he relies on a resource that makes him a one-of-a-kind asset: his photographic memory. This adventure-packed, tongue-in-cheek pilot sets the pace and style for the 1972-73 series it launched. In it, Gregory sets out to find who's behind the disappearance of jets, tanks and other surplus weaponry. He'll be variously hunted by an assassin, tossed in jail for murder, half-buried inside a grain elevator and forced to cling to the undercarriage of a tractor while the driver tries to shred him under its tilling blades. One breathless escape after another invariably seems to land our hero in another jam.
Director: Paul Wendkos
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Laurence Luckinbill as Glenn Garth Gregory |
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Celeste Holm as Sybil Van Loween |
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Dean Jagger as Matthew Keller |
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Cameron Mitchell as Stokely |
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Bradford Dillman as Randy Jamison |
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Bob Crane as Charlie Taggert |
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Joanna Pettet as April Thompson |
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David Sheiner as Joe Dobkin |
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Lucille Benson as Mrs. Loveless |
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Frank Marth as Sheriff Morgan |
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Dub Taylor as Old Timer |
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Kevin Hagen as Luke |
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Pamelyn Ferdin as Alice, the Boarder |
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Judith Baldwin as Penny |
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Robert Osterloh as Drunk |
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June Vincent as Charlotte |
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William Stevens as Guard |
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K.L. Smith as Air Force Sergeant |
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Joseph Mell as Pickpocket |
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Ann Raymond as Attractive Woman |
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Dick Geary as Man |
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Margaret Bacon as Farmerette Lady |
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Tracy Ashton as Girl with Pamphlets |
| Writing | Sam Rolfe | Writer |
| Directing | Paul Wendkos | Director |
| Production | Sam Rolfe | Producer |
| Sound | Harper MacKay | Music |
| Camera | Ben Colman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dann Cahn | Editor |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Art Direction |
| Art | Allan Gordon | Property Master |
