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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. PlotTop 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
ProductionThe production was filmed in 1992 but not broadcast on television until 1994. Home videoIt 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 moviesThe 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
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